256 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 15

four kinds of pious men render devotional service unto Me.’’ One who
takes to devotional service, even with some material motive, is con-
sidered pious, and because he has come to Krsna, he will gradually come
to the stage of bhakti. Then, like Dhruva Maharaja, he will refuse to ac-
cept any material benediction from the Lord (suémin krtartho ’smi
varam na ydce). Therefore, even if one is materially inclined, one may
take to the shelter of the lotus feet of Krsna and Balarama, or Gaura and
Nitai, so that he will very soon be purified of all material desires
(ksiprarn bhavati dharmatma Sasvac chantim nigacchati). As soon as one
is freed from inclinations toward pious and impious activities, he be-
comes a perfect candidate for returning home, back to Godhead.

TEXTS 48-49
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himsramm dravyamayam kamyam
agni-hotrddy-asantidam

darsas ca piirnamdsas ca
cdturmasyam pasuh sutah

etad istarn pravrttakhyam
hutam prahutam eva ca
purtam surdlayarama-

kipdjivyddi-laksanam

himsram—a system of killing and sacrificing animals; dravya-
mayam—requiring much paraphernalia; kamyam—full of unlimited
material desires; agni-hotra-ddi—ritualistic ceremonies such as the
agni-hotra-yajna; asdanti-dam—causing anxieties; darsah—the darsa
ritualistic ceremony; ca—and; puirnamdsah—the pirnamasa ritualistic
ceremony; ca—also; cdturmdésyam—observing four months of regula-
tive principles; pasuh—the ceremony of sacrificing animals or pasu-
yajnia; sutah—the soma-yajna; etat—of all this; istam—the goal;
