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Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of …

na yujyamānayā bhaktyā bhagavaty akhilātmani sadṛśo 'sti śivaḥ panthā yogināṁ brahma-siddhaye

[SB 3.25.19]

[Prabhupāda interrupts to correct Nitāi's pronunciation = "Brahma-siddhaye. Brahma-siddhaye. Brahma." Chanting of verse continues.]

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"Perfection in self-realization cannot be attained by any kind of yogī unless he engages in devotional service to the Supreme …

Prabhupāda:

na yujyamānayā bhaktyā bhagavaty akhilātmani sadṛśo 'sti śivaḥ panthā yogināṁ brahma-siddhaye

[SB 3.25.19]

Yogī... Yogī means connecting, and brahma-siddhaye... Brahma-siddhaye means self-realization, ahaṁ brahmāsmi. Simply to know that "I am spirit soul" is …

Bhakti means spiritual activities. There is activity. It is not... The Māyāvādī philosopher, they think that "Stop material activities." Brahma …

So the Buddhist theory is to dismantle this construction, and then there is no more sense of pains and... The …

Bhaktyā bhagavaty akhilātmani. Bhagavān is everywhere. Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam [Īśo mantra 1].

eko 'py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭiṁ yac-chaktir asti jagad-aṇḍa-cayā yad-antaḥ aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-sthaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

[Bs. 5.35]

Akhilātmā. Hari, Īśvara, Bhagavān, akhilātmani. Akhilātmani bhakti. Bhakti, this word, is applicable only to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore …

This universe, the whole universe, is going on because there is the Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. Eko 'py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi. There …

So here it is said, na yujyamānayā bhaktyā bhagavaty akhilātmani. If you engage yourself in devotional service to the Supreme …

Similarly, there is statement in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta,

ei rūpe brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja