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; toyam – water; yaḥ – whoever; me – unto Me; bhaktyā – with devotion prayacchati – offers; tat – that; aham – I; bhakti-upahṛtam – offered in devotion ; aśnāmi – accept; prayata-ātmanaḥ – from one in pure consciousness.

The Seventh and Eighth chapters of Bhagavad-gītā have explained pure devotional service to the Lord that Those who are not purely sanctified may be attracted by different features of the Lord like the impersonal brahma-jyotir and localized Paramātmā, but a pure devotee directly takes to the service of the Supreme

It is said here that this devotional service is eternally existing. Although they sometimes take to so-called devotional service, their idea is that as long as they are not liberated they will continue their devotional service, but at the end, when they become liberated Such temporary time-serving devotional service is not accepted as pure devotional service. Actual devotional service continues even after liberation.

It is clearly declared here by the Supreme Lord that in devotional service there is no distinction between material conception of life there are such divisions, but for a person engaged in transcendental devotional Therefore devotional service and the guidance of a pure devotee are so strong that there is no discrimination The most simple man taking shelter of the pure devotee can be purified by proper guidance. But the process of devotional service is so strong that the pure devotee of the Supreme Lord can enable

It is said that the execution of devotional service is so perfect that one can perceive the results directly Furthermore, if one engages not only in hearing but in trying to broadcast the message of devotional The method itself is so pure that by simply engaging in it one becomes pure.

There are hundreds of thousands of temples in India for the worship of Kṛṣṇa, and devotional service One must engage in the nine different processes of devotional service, beginning with hearing and chanting Pure devotional service is the highest achievement of human society.

The words idaṁ jñānam (“this knowledge”) refer to pure devotional service, which consists of nine different By the practice of these nine elements of devotional service one is elevated to spiritual consciousness

Topics discussed in the Seventh and Eighth chapters are specifically related to devotional service, and But the matters which are described in the Ninth Chapter deal with unalloyed, pure devotion.

then, How can a person engaged in abominable activities – either by accident or by intention – be a pure The miscreants, as stated in the Seventh Chapter, who never come to the devotional service of the Lord Generally, a devotee who is engaged in the nine kinds of devotional activities is engaged in the process Continuous thinking of the Supreme Lord makes him pure by nature.

material desire to be fulfilled, he had better pray for it to the Supreme Lord (although that is not pure devotion), and he will thus achieve the desired result.

Actual tri-vedīs take shelter under the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa and engage in pure devotional service to Devotional service begins with the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and side by side trying to understand

As he went on eating, he gradually became as pure-hearted as the sages. The great devotees relished the taste of unceasing devotional service to the Lord by hearing and chanting

Such a mahātmā, or great soul, develops through association with other mahātmās, pure devotees. Pure devotees are not even attracted by Kṛṣṇa’s other features, such as the four-armed Mahā-viṣṇu.

The pure devotee has no actual chance to fall down, because the Supreme Godhead personally takes care of His pure devotees.

Only to one who is engaged in pure devotional service under proper guidance is He revealed.

The only qualification required in this connection is to be a pure devotee of the Lord. Kṛṣṇa accepts even a little flower from His pure devotee. Bhakti is mentioned twice in this verse in order to declare more emphatically that bhakti, or devotional

authorities that even the most intelligent person cannot understand the plans and activities of a pure

Kṛṣṇa, who appears just like a human being, can control the infinite and the finite, those who are pure Therefore they completely surrender unto Him and engage in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional service of

ordinary persons it is obligatory to execute the prescribed duties mentioned in the Vedas, but although a pure

For one who understands that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the pure and transcendental