108 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 13

anyabhilasita-sinyam
jniana-karmady-andvrtam

anukilyena krsnanu-
Silanam bhaktir. uttama

“One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord
Krsna favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through
fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devo-
tional service.” (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11)

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yadrcchaya lokam imam
prapitah karmabhir bhraman

svargapavargayor dvéram
tirasScdm punar asya ca

yadrechaya—carried by the waves of material nature; lokam—
human form; imam—this; prdpitah—achieved; karmabhih—by the in-
fluence of different fruitive activities; bhraman—wandering from one
form of life to another; svarga—to the heavenly planets; apavargayoh—
to liberation; dvdram—the gate; tirascam—lower species of life;
punah—again; asya—of the human beings; ca—and.

TRANSLATION

In the course of the evolutionary process, which is caused by
fruitive activities due to undesirable material sense gratification, I
have received this human form of life, which can lead to the
heavenly planets, to liberation, to the lower species, or to rebirth
among human beings.

PURPORT

All living entities within this material world are undergoing the cycle
of birth and death according to the laws of nature. This struggle of birth
