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Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.]

etāvān eva loke 'smin puṁsāṁ niḥśreyasodayaḥ tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena mano mayy arpitaṁ sthiram

[SB 3.25.44]

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"Therefore persons whose minds are fixed on the Lord engage in the intensive practice of devotional service. That is the …

Prabhupāda:

etāvān eva loke 'smin puṁsāṁ niḥśreyasodayaḥ tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena mano mayy arpitaṁ sthiram

[SB 3.25.44]

This is the conclusion of bhakti-yoga. Kapiladeva has explained bhakti-yoga. In the last verse we have discussed jñāna-vairāgya-yuktena bhakti-yogena [SB …

Dharma means function, characteristic. So we are planning, one after another, various plans to be very happy in this material …

Therefore our determination should be to renounce this association of this world. That is called mukti. Renounce this material association …

Therefore it is said, etāvān eva loka 'smin puṁsāṁ niḥśreyasa udayaḥ. Udayaḥ means rising. Just like sūryodayaḥ. In the darkness... …

So these attachments, this false attachment, has to be given up. And that is possible when we engage ourself in …

etāvān eva loke 'smin puṁsāṁ niḥśreyasodayaḥ tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena...

[SB 3.25.44]

Tīvreṇa means very seriously, not superficially. Tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena. Kṛṣṇa wants to see that "Whether he has finished his all material …

Niḥśreyasa. Śreya. Śreya means ultimate good. There are two things = preya and śreya. Śreya means ultimate good. If you …

And the bhakti-yoga means,

śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ sakhyam ātma-nivedanam

[SB 7.5.23]