It is only through devotional service, and only thus, that one can know Me as I am. And the being who, through such devotion becomes fully aware of My Person, can then enter My absolute kingdom.
No truth is superior to Me.
I am the origin of all celestial beings.
I am superior to all, even to Brahma [the demiurge, first created being, and ruler of our galaxy, appointed to this post by God], Siva and other divine beings.
In Me lies a power unlimited, and that is why I am known as infinite, or omnipresent. The cosmic manifestation has arisen in Me from My material energy.
Indeed, unless one is freed from the consequences of all his faults, no one can enter the level of devotional service. Anyone who chants the Holy Name of the Lord is immediately freed from the consequences of innumerable faults, even if he pronounces it indirectly [while thinking of something else], as a joke, for the sake of humming a tune, or even carelessly. Anyone who practices “Hare Krishna” is naturally supposed to say Hare Krishna when any accident occurs. However, even without being used to this practice, if someone somehow utters the Holy Name of the Lord (Hare Krishna) at the time of having a fatal accident, he escapes from hellish existence. after his death.
Beyond renunciation and knowledge.
In this chapter are described the glories of holy union and the super excellence of pure love of the inhabitants of Vrindavana [Village of India where Krishna unveiled his spiritual and absolute entertainments in the company of his pure devotees 5,000 years ago. There is no difference between this earthly place and Goloka Vrindavana, in the spiritual world, but such a vision is only accessible to those who have purified themselves by the devotional service offered to God].
Union with the holy devotees of the Lord destroys the soul's attachment to material life and is able to control even the Supreme Lord, Krishna. Neither yoga [practice of union and communion with God], the philosophy of Sāṅkhya [Philosophy intended to firmly establish the being in devotional service. It is designed by Avatar Kapila in such a way as to allow a full understanding of the truth as it is. It is the knowledge of the way that leads out of the material body, the latter being the source of all problems], ordinary religious duties, the study of the holy scriptures, austerities, renunciation, charity, the vows of fasting, the worship of the divinity, the secret hymns, the visit of the holy places, nor the major or minor adherence to the regulatory principles can