Volume 3 - Prabhupada Books

Text 90] Talks Between the Lord and Ramananda Raya 141
Although one may be elevated to the heavenly planets, the results of such
benediction are limited.
antavat tu phalaril te�aril
tad bhavaty alpa-medhasam
devan deva-yajo yanti
mad-bhakta yanti mam api
"Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and
temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods,
but My devotees ultimately reach My supreme planet." (Bg. 7.23)
Being elevated to the heavenly planets or other material planets does not mean
attaining an eternal life of knowledge and bliss. At the end of the material world,
all attainments of material elevation will also end. Again, according to Kr�r:Ja in
Bhagavad-gita, only those who engage in His loving devotional service will be ad­
mitted to the spiritual world and return to Godhead, not others.
bhaktya mam abhijanati
yavan ya5 casmi tattvataf)
tato maril tattvato jfiatva
visate tad-anantaram
"One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service.
And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord by such devotion, he
can enter into the kingdom of God." (Bg. 18.55)
lmpersonalists cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
therefore it is not possible for them to enter into the spiritual kingdom of God and
return home, back to Godhead. Actually one attains different results by different
means. It is not that all achievements are one and the same. Those interested in
the four principles of dharma, artha, kama and mok�a cannot be compared to
those interested in the unalloyed devotional service of the Lord. Srimad­
Bhagavatam therefore says:
dharma/:! projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsaraQaril sataril
vedyaril vastavam atra vastu sivadaril tapa-trayonma/anam
srimad-bhagavate maha-muni-krte kim va parair isvara/:1
sadyo hrdy avarudhyate 'tra krtibhi/:1 susra�ubhis tat-k�aQat
"Completely rejecting all religious activities which are materially motivated, this
Bhagavata PuraQa propounds the highest truth, which is understandable by those
devotees who are pure in heart. The highest truth is reality distinguished from illu­
sion for the welfare of all. Such truth uproots the threefold miseries. This beautiful