Sri mad Bhagavatam - Prabhupada

Text 19] The Glories of Devotional Service 1021out knowledge, one cannot have realization. The realization that one is theinfinitesimal part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit makes him unattachedto material conditional life. That is the beginning of devotional service.Unless one is liberated from material contamination, one cannot engagehimself in the devotional service of the Lord. In this verse, therefore, it isstated, jiiiina-vainigya-yuktena: When one is in full knowledge of one'sconstitutional position and is in the renounced order of life, detachedfrom material attraction, then by pure devotional service, bhakti-yuktena,he can engage himself as a loving servant of the Lord. Paripasyati meansthat he can see everything in its right perspective. Then the influence ofmaterial nature becomes almost nil. This is also confirmed in Bhagavadgi:tii.Brahma-bhiltal;t prasanniitmii: When one is self-realized he becomeshappy and free from the influence of material nature, and at that time heis freed from lamentation and hankering. The Lord states that position asmad-bhaktirh labhate pariim, the real state of beginning devotional service.Similarly, it is confirmed in the Niirada-paiicariitra that when the sensesare purified they can then be engaged in the devotional service of the Lord.One who is attached to material contamination cannot be a devotee.TEXT 19;:r tt Rctct*'4M Iij'tifsftij :'P-IT ftRhiiiiM II IIna yujyamiinayii bhaktyiibhagavaty akhiliitmanisadrso 'sti siva panthiiyoginiirh brahma-siddhayena-riot; yujyamiinayii-being performed; bhaktyii-devotional service;bhagavati-towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead; akhila-iitmanitheSupersoul; sadrsal;t -like; asti-there is; siva-auspicious; panthii-path;yoginiim-of the yogis; brahma-siddhaye-for perfection in self-realization.TRANSLATIONPerfection in self-realization cannot be attained by any kind of yogiunless he engages in devotional service to the Supreme Personality ofGodhead, because that is the only auspicious path.