134 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 21
is significant in this connection. Because in the material world the mind
is absorbed in materialistic activities, when one is asleep many contradic-
tory activities appear in one’s dreams. When one awakens, however,
these activities automatically merge into the mind. Similarly, as long as
one is under the influence of the material energy he makes many plans
and schemes, but when one is Krsna conscious such dreamlike plans
automatically disappear.
TEXT 18
THARIFATAA ieazaraataa: |
~ ae
MAT ARTA FT ARPT RII
tat-prasanganubhdvena
rantidevanuvartinah
abhavan yoginah sarve
nardyana-pardyenah
tat-prasanga-anubhdvena—because of associating with King
Rantideva (when talking with him about bhakti-yoga); rantideva-
anuvartinah—the followers of King Rantideva (that is, his servants, his
family members, his friends and others); abhavan—became; yoginah—
first-class mystic yogis, or bhakti-yogis; sarve—all of them; ndrdyana-
pardyanadh—devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Narayana.
TRANSLATION
All those who followed the principles of King Rantideva were
totally favored by his mercy and became pure devotees, attached to
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana. Thus they all
became the best of yogis.
PURPORT
The best yogis or mystics are the devotees, as confirmed by the Lord
Himself in Bhagavad-gita (6.47):
yogindm api sarvesam
mad-gatenantardtmana
