Text 21] The Payo-vrata Process of Worship 229

sah—he (Vasudeva); vidhasyati—will undoubtedly fulfill; te—your;
kaman—desires; harih—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dina—
unto the poor; anukampanah—very merciful; amoghda—infallible;
bhagavat-bhaktih—devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; na—not; itard—anything but bhagavad-bhakti; iti—thus;
matih—opinion; mama—my.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is very merciful to
the poor, will fulfill all of your desires, for devotional service unto
Him is infallible. Any method other than devotional service is use-
less. That is my opinion.

PURPORT

There are three kinds of men, who are called akama, moksa-kama and
sarva-kama. One who tries to get liberation from this material world is
called moksa-kdma, one who wants to enjoy this material world to its
fullest extent is called sarva-kdma, and one who has fulfilled all his
desires and has no further material desires is called akama. A bhakta has
no desire. Sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratvena nirmalam. He is
purified and free from material desires. The moksa-kdmi wants to
achieve liberation by merging into the existence of the Supreme
Brahman, and because of this desire to merge into the existence of the
Lord, he is not yet pure. And since those who want liberation are impure,
what to speak of the karmis, who have so many desires to fulfill? None-
theless, the Sdstra says:

akamah sarva-kamo va
moksa-kama udara-dhih

tivrena bhakti-yogena
yajeta purusam param

‘‘Whether one desires everything or nothing or desires to merge into the
existence of the Lord, he is intelligent only if he worships Lord Krsna,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by rendering transcendental loving
service.” (Bhag. 2.3.10)

Kasyapa Muni saw that his wife, Aditi, had some material desires for
the welfare of her sons, but still he advised her to render devotional ser-
