CC Madhya 19.164
Bengali
এইত পরম-ফল ‘পরম-পুরুষার্থ’ ।
যাঁর আগে তৃণ-তুল্য চারি পুরুষার্থ ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
যাঁর আগে তৃণ-তুল্য চারি পুরুষার্থ ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
Verse text
eita parama-phala ‘parama-puruṣārtha’
yāṅra āge tṛṇa-tulya cāri puruṣārtha
yāṅra āge tṛṇa-tulya cāri puruṣārtha
Synonyms
Translation
“To taste the fruit of devotional service in Goloka Vṛndāvana is the highest perfection of life, and in the presence of such perfection, the four material perfections — religion, economic development, sense gratification and liberation — are very insignificant achievements.
Purport
The highest achievement attained by the jñānīs, or impersonalists, is becoming one with the Supreme, generally known as mokṣa, liberation. The highest achievements of the yogīs are the eight material perfections, such as aṇimā, laghimā and prāpti. Yet these are nothing compared to the eternal bliss of the devotee who returns back to Godhead and tastes the fruit of devotional service to the lotus feet of the Lord. The material perfections, even up to the point of liberation, are very insignificant in comparison; therefore the pure devotee is never interested in such things. His only interest is in perfecting his devotional service to the Lord. The pleasure of the impersonalist, monist philosophers is condemned in the following verse, which is also found in Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Lalita-mādhava.