86 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 3
material actions. The spiritual activities of bhakti-marga—sravanarn
kirtanam visnoh smaranam pdda-sevanam—lead one to understand the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, as stated here, sattvena
pratilabhydya naiskarmyena vipascita: “The Supreme Personality of
Godhead is realized by pure devotees who act in the transcendental exis-
tence of bhakti-yoga.”

The Gopdla-tapani Upanisad (15) says, bhaktir asya bhajanarh tad
ihdmutropadhi-nairdsyenaivamusmin manasah kalpanam etad eva ca
naiskarmyam. This is a definition of naiskarmya. One acts in
naiskarmya when he fully engages in Krsna conscious activities without
material desires to enjoy, either here or in the upper planetary systems,
in the present life or in a future life (iha-amutra). Anyabhilasita-
Stinyam. When one is freed from all contamination and he acts in devo-
tional service under the direction of the spiritual master, one is on the
platform of naiskarma. By such transcendental devotional service, the
Lord is served. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.

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aA: Teara TT Tera ToraAA
PANT AIT AAT MATATT A ER
namah santaya ghoraya
midhéya guna-dharmine
nirvisesdya simydya
namo jfidna-ghandéya ca

namah—all obeisances; santaya—unto He who is above all material
qualities and completely peaceful, or unto Vasudeva, the Supersoul in
every living entity; ghoréya—unto the fierce forms of the Lord like
Jamadagnya and Nrsitnhadeva; midhaya—the form of the Lord as an
animal, such as the boar; guna-dharmine—who accepts different
qualities within the material world; nirviseséya—who is without ma-
terial qualities, being fully spiritual; sémyaya—Lord Buddha, the form
of nirvana, wherein the material qualities stop; namah—I offer my re-
spectful obeisances; jfidna-ghandya—who is knowledge or the imper-
sonal Brahman; ca—also.
