PROOF of BHAKTI= by products (Knowledge + Renuniation of material world)

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Our Glorious Spiritual master His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami

Prabhupada exibited the symptoms of PURE Bhakti.

His knowledge ---Just read his books --ALL questions answered. As for

renunciation: although he controlled ALL the temples and

and money from royalities from his books there was no material attachments (50%

for his transcendental books publication 50% for temples)---like those

displayed by so-called swamis or his so called disciples---who went on to grab

all money and properties--and disciples (MAKING SLAVES OF THEM).

 

 

 

 

Srimad Bhagavatam 4.25.62 T The Descriptions of the Characteristics of King

PuranjanaTranslation by His Divine Grace A C BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA.

 

vipralabdho mahisyaivam

sarva-prakrti-vancitah necchann anukaroty ajnah

klaibyat krida-mrgo yatha

 

SYNONYMS

 

vipralabdhah--captivated; mahisya--by the Queen; evam--thus; sarva--all;

prakrti--existence; vancitah--being cheated; na icchan--without desiring;

anukaroti--used to follow and imitate; ajnah--the foolish King; klaibyat--by

force; krida-mrgah--a pet animal; yatha--just like.

 

TRANSLATION

 

In this way, King Puranjana was captivated by his nice wife and was thus

cheated. Indeed, he became cheated in his whole existence in the material

world. Even against that poor foolish King's desire, he remained under the

control of his wife, just like a pet animal that dances according to the order

of its master.

 

PURPORT

 

The word vipralabdhah is very significant in this verse. Vi means

"specifically," and pralabdha means "obtained." Just to satisfy his desires,

the King got the Queen, and thus he became cheated by material existence.

Although he was not willing to do so, he remained a pet animal under the

control of material intelligence. Just as a pet monkey dances according to the

desires of its master, the King danced according to the desires of the Queen.

In Srimad-Bhagavatam (5.5.2) it is said, mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh: if

one associates with a saintly person, a devotee, one's path of liberation

becomes clear. But if one associates with a woman or with a person who is too

much addicted to a woman, his path of bondage becomes completely clear. On

the whole, for spiritual advancement, one must give up the company of women.

This is what is meant by the order of sannyasa, the renounced order. Before

taking sannyasa, or completely renouncing the material world, one has to

practice avoiding illicit sex. Sex life, licit or illicit, is practically the

same, but through illicit sex one becomes more and more captivated. By

regulating one's sex life there is a chance that one may eventually be able to

renounce sex or renounce the association of women. If this can be done,

advancement in spiritual life comes very easily. How one becomes captivated

by the association of one's dear wife is explained in this chapter by Narada

Muni. Attraction for one's wife means attraction for the material qualities.

One who is attracted by the material quality of darkness is in the lowest stage

of life, whereas one who is attracted by the material quality of goodness is in

a better position. Sometimes we see that when a person is on the platform of

material goodness, he is attracted more or less by the cultivation of

knowledge. This is, of course, a better position, for knowledge gives one the

preference to accept devotional service. Unless one comes to the platform of

knowledge, the brahma-bhuta stage, one cannot advance in devotional service. As

Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (18.54):

 

brahma-bhutah prasannatma na socati na

kanksati samah sarvesu bhutesu

mad-bhaktim labhate param

 

"One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme

Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments nor desires to have

anything; he is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he

attains pure devotional service unto Me." The platform of knowledge is

advantageous because it is a means by which one may come to the stage of

devotional service. However, if one takes to devotional service directly,

knowledge is revealed without separate endeavor. This is confirmed in

Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.7):

 

vasudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogah

prayojitah janayaty asu vairagyam

jnanam ca yad ahaitukam

 

Devotional service automatically reveals actual knowledge of our material

existence. One who is sufficiently intelligent immediately attains the stage of

renunciation of so-called society, family and love as well as other things. As

long as we are attached to society, family and love of the material world,

there is no question of knowledge. Nor is there a question of devotional

service. By directly taking to devotional service, however, one becomes filled

with knowledge and renunciation. In this way one's life becomes successful.

 

 

SB 3.26.72 T Fundamental Principles of Material Nature tam

asmin pratyag-atmanam dhiya yoga-pravrttaya

bhaktya viraktya jnanena vivicyatmani cintayet

 

SYNONYMS

 

tam--upon Him; asmin--in this; pratyak-atmanam--the Supersoul; dhiya--with

the mind; yoga-pravrttaya--engaged in devotional service; bhaktya--through

devotion; viraktya--through detachment; jnanena--through spiritual knowledge;

vivicya--considering carefully; atmani--in the body; cintayet--one should

contemplate.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Therefore, through devotion, detachment and advancement in spiritual

knowledge acquired through concentrated devotional service, one should

contemplate that Supersoul as present in this very body although simultaneously

apart from it.

 

PURPORT

 

One can realize the Supersoul within oneself. He is within one's body but

apart from the body, or transcendental to the body. Although sitting in the

same body as the individual soul, the Supersoul has no affection for the body,

whereas the individual soul does. One has to detach himself, therefore, from

this material body, by discharging devotional service. It is clearly mentioned

here (bhaktya) that one has to execute devotional service to the Supreme. As it

is stated in the First Canto, Second Chapter, of Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.7),

vasudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogah prayojitah. When Vasudeva, the all-pervading

Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is served in completely pure

devotion, detachment from the material world immediately begins. The purpose of

Sankhya is to detach oneself from material contamination. This can be achieved

simply by devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When one

is detached from the attraction of material prosperity, one can actually

concentrate his mind upon the Supersoul. As long as the mind is distracted

towards the material, there is no possibility of concentrating one's mind and

intelligence upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His partial

representation, Supersoul. In other words, one cannot concentrate one's mind

and energy upon the Supreme unless one is detached from the material world.

Following detachment from the material world, one can actually attain

transcendental knowledge of the Absolute Truth. As long as one is entangled in

sense enjoyment, or material enjoyment, it is not possible to understand the

Absolute Truth. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (18.54). One who is

freed from material contamination is joyful and can enter into devotional

service, and by devotional service he can be liberated. In the

Srimad-Bhagavatam, First Canto, it is stated that one becomes joyful by

discharging devotional service. In that joyful attitude, one can understand the

science of God, or Krsna consciousness; otherwise it is not possible. The

analytical study of the elements of material nature and the concentration of

the mind upon the Supersoul are the sum and substance of the Sankhya

philosophical system. The perfection of this sankhya-yoga culminates in

devotional service unto the Absolute Truth.Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports

of the Third Canto, Twenty-sixth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled

"Fundamental Principles of Material Nature."