Cc Ādi 1.91

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dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁ
vedyaṁ vāstavam atra vastu śiva-daṁ tāpa-trayonmūlanam
śrīmad-bhāgavate mahā-muni-kṛte kiṁ vā parair īśvaraḥ
sadyo hṛdy avarudhyate 'tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis tat-kṣaṇāt

Synonyms

dharmaḥ-religiosity; projjhita-completely rejected; kaitavaḥ-in which fruitive intention; atra-herein; paramaḥ-the highest; nirmatsarāṇām-of the one-hundred-percent pure in heart; satām-devotees; vedyam-to be understood; vāstavam-factual; atra-herein; vastu-substance; śiva-dam-giving well-being; tāpa-traya-of threefold miseries; unmūlanam-causing uprooting; śrīmat-beautiful; bhāgavate-in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa; mahā-muni-by the great sage (Vyāsadeva); kṛte-compiled; kim-what; vā-indeed; paraiḥ-with others; īśvaraḥ-the Supreme Lord; sadyaḥ-at once; hṛdi-within the heart; avarudhyate-becomes confined; atra-herein; kṛtibhiḥ-by pious men; śuśrūṣubhiḥ-desiring to hear; tat-kṣaṇāt-without delay.

Translation

"The great scripture Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, compiled by Mahā-muni Vyāsadeva from four original verses, describes the most elevated and kindhearted devotees and completely rejects the cheating ways of materially motivated religiosity. It propounds the highest principle of eternal religion, which can factually mitigate the threefold miseries of a living being and award the highest benediction of full prosperity and knowledge. Those willing to hear the message of this scripture in a submissive attitude of service can at once capture the Supreme Lord in their hearts. Therefore there is no need for any scripture other than Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam."

Purport

As far as the mystic powers of the yogīs are concerned, they are also material entanglements on the path of spiritual realization. One German scholar who became a devotee of Godhead in India said that material science had already made laudable progress in duplicating the mystic powers of the yogīs. He therefore came to India not to learn the methods of the yogīs' mystic powers but to learn the path of transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord, as mentioned in the great scripture Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Mystic powers can make a yogī materially powerful and thus give temporary relief from the miseries of birth, death, old age and disease, as other material sciences can also do, but such mystic powers can never be a permanent source of relief from these miseries. Therefore, according to the Bhāgavata school, this path of religiosity is also a method of cheating its followers. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is clearly defined that the most elevated and powerful mystic yogīs one who can constantly think of the Supreme Lord within his heart and engage in the loving service of the Lord.