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Pure devotional service is the only means to attract Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is all-attractive, but pure devotional service attracts even Him. This means that pure devotional service is even transcendentally stronger than Kṛṣṇa Himself, because

Pure devotional service is rarely achieved.

Pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness.

Pure devotional service automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure.

Next Rūpa Gosvāmī gives six unique features of pure devotional service.

Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation.

Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress.

Sinful activities are of two kinds: those which are mature and those which are not mature. The many sinful activities stored within us for which we have not yet suffered are considered immature For example, a man may have committed criminal acts but not yet been arrested for them.

how is it possible that anyone actually engaged in devotional service in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness has not It is not possible. A devotee is nevertheless always alert not to commit any sinful activities; this is his specific qualification It is implicit in this statement that a person born into a family of dog-eaters is generally not fit

“An immature effect” refers to the case where the seedling has not begun. The suffering of a disease, however, does not appear all of a sudden. It actually takes time.

four kinds of effects due to sinful activities, which are listed as follows: (1) the effect which is not

Therefore, Arjuna was not subjected to any sinful reaction.