Verses
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.25
"For one who has properly realized My personal identity as the Supreme Godhead, what credit is there if his senses — mere products of the material modes — are perfectly concentrated in meditation? And on the other hand, what blame is incurred if his senses happen to become agitated? Indeed, what does it mean to the sun if the clouds come and go?" https://vedy.online/en/sb11/28/25
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.27-28
"Nevertheless, until by firmly practicing devotional service to Me one has completely eliminated from his mind all contamination of material passion, one must very carefully avoid associating with the material modes, which are produced by My illusory energy." "Just as an improperly treated disease recurs and gives repeated distress to the patient, the mind that is not completely purified of its perverted tendencies will remain attached to material things and repeatedly torment the imperfect yogī." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/28/27 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/28/28
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.2-3
"O lotus-eyed Lord, generally those yogīs who try to steady the mind experience frustration because of their inability to perfect the state of trance. Thus they weary in their attempt to bring the mind under control." "Therefore, O lotus-eyed Lord of the universe, swanlike men happily take shelter of Your lotus feet, the source of all transcendental ecstasy. But those who take pride in their accomplishments in yoga and karma fail to take shelter of You and are defeated by Your illusory energy." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/2 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/3
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.8-9
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Yes, I shall describe to you the principles of devotion to Me, by executing which a mortal human being will conquer unconquerable death." "Always remembering Me, one should perform all his duties for Me without becoming impetuous. With mind and intelligence offered to Me, one should fix his mind in attraction to My devotional service." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/8 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/9
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.20
"My dear Uddhava, because I have personally established it, this process of devotional service unto Me is transcendental and free from any material motivation. Certainly a devotee never suffers even the slightest loss by adopting this process." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/20
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.21-22
"O Uddhava, greatest of saints, in a dangerous situation an ordinary person cries, becomes fearful and laments, although such useless emotions do not change the situation. But activities offered to Me without personal motivation, even if they are externally useless, amount to the actual process of religion." "This process is the supreme intelligence of the intelligent and the cleverness of the most clever, for by following it one can in this very life make use of the temporary and unreal to achieve Me, the eternal reality." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/21 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/22
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.23-25
"Thus have I related to you — both in brief and in detail — a complete survey of the science of the Absolute Truth. Even for the demigods, this science is very difficult to comprehend." "I have repeatedly spoken this knowledge to you with clear reasoning. Anyone who properly understands it will become free from all doubts and attain liberation." "Anyone who fixes his attention on these clear answers to your questions will attain to the eternal, confidential goal of the Vedas — the Supreme Absolute Truth." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/23 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/24 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/25
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.26-28
"One who liberally disseminates this knowledge among My devotees is the bestower of the Absolute Truth, and to him I give My very own self." "He who loudly recites this supreme knowledge, which is the most lucid and purifying, becomes purified day by day, for he reveals Me to others with the lamp of transcendental knowledge." "Anyone who regularly listens to this knowledge with faith and attention, all the while engaging in My pure devotional service, will never become bound by the reactions of material work." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/26 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/27 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/28
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.32-33
"When an inquisitive person comes to understand this knowledge, he has nothing further to know. After all, one who has drunk the most palatable nectar cannot remain thirsty." "Through analytic knowledge, ritualistic work, mystic yoga, mundane business and political rule, people seek to advance in religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation. But because you are My devotee, whatever men can accomplish in these multifarious ways you will very easily find within Me." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/32 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/33
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.34
"A person who gives up all fruitive activities and offers himself entirely unto Me, eagerly desiring to render service unto Me, achieves liberation from birth and death and is promoted to the status of sharing My own opulences." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/29/34
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.15
"The person who desires pure devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa should hear the narrations of Lord Uttamaḥśloka’s glorious qualities, the constant chanting of which destroys everything inauspicious. The devotee should engage in such listening in regular daily assemblies and should also continue his hearing throughout the day." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/15
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.4.40
"For a person who is suffering in the fire of countless miseries and who desires to cross the insurmountable ocean of material existence, there is no suitable boat except that of cultivating devotion to the transcendental taste for the narrations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s pastimes." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/4/40