CHAPTER THIRTY

Pure Love For Krishna

The difference between executing ordinary religious procedures and devo-
tional service is very great. By executing religious rituals one can achieve the
stage of the perfection of material gain, economic development, sense gratifica-
tion, or liberation—being merged into the existence of the Supreme. But
the result of transcendental devotional service is completely different from
such temporary benefits of the material condition. Devotional service of the
Lord is evergreen, and it is increasingly transcendentally pleasing. Therefore,
there is a gulf of difference between the result of devotional service and the
result of the four goals of the religious rituals. The great spiritual energy
known as Jagatdhatri, or the Superintendent of the material world, or Mahamaya,
and the material executive departmental directors, the demigods, and all of
the products of the external energy of the Supreme Lord, are perverted reflec-
tions of the opulence of the Supreme Lord. They are, practically, order carriers
of the Supreme Lord in the material creation and its management. In the
Brahma Samhita it is stated that the working of the supremely powerful super-

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