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TEXT 7 etam vibhutim yogam ca
SYNONYMS  etam--all
this; vibhutim--opulence; yogam ca--also mystic power; mama--of
Mine; yah--anyone; vetti--knows; tattvatah--factual;
sah--he; avikalpena--without division; yogena--in
devotional service; yujyate--engaged; na--never; atra--here;
samsayah--doubt.
TRANSLATION He who knows
in truth this glory and power of Mine engages in unalloyed devotional service;
of this there is no doubt.
PURPORT The highest
summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. Unless one is firmly convinced of the different opulences of
the Supreme Lord, he cannot engage in devotional service. Generally people
know that God is great, but they do not know in detail how God is great.
Here are the details. If one knows factually how God is great, then naturally
he becomes a surrendered soul and engages himself in the devotional service
of the Lord. When one factually knows the opulences of the Supreme, there
is no alternative but to surrender to Him. This factual knowledge can be
known from the descriptions in Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita
and similar literatures.
In the administration
of this universe there are many demigods distributed throughout the planetary
system, and the chief of them are Brahma, Lord Siva and the four great
Kumaras and other patriarchs. There are many forefathers of the population
of the universe, and all of them are born of the Supreme Lord Krsna. The
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is the original forefather of all
forefathers.
These are
some of the opulences of the Supreme Lord. When one is firmly convinced
of them, he accepts Krsna with great faith and without any doubt, and he
engages in devotional service. All this particular knowledge is required
in order to increase one's interest in the loving devotional service of
the Lord. One should not neglect to understand fully how great Krsna is,
for by knowing the greatness of Krsna one will be able to be fixed in sincere
devotional service.
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