Those who oppose Transcendence seek to know the Supreme and Absolute Truth through various speculations based on their sense perceptions; due to their mistaken conceptions, everything seems relative to them.

From the all-embracing energy, the mahat-tattva, I have manifested the false ego, the three attributes of material nature, the five gross elements, the individual consciousness, the eleven senses and the material body. Similarly, the entire universe has come from Me, the Supreme Lord.

This perfect knowledge can be obtained by one who is already practicing devotional service with faith and constancy, in a spirit of complete detachment, and whose thoughts are always absorbed in the Supreme. He is not affected by contact with matter.

O reverent mother, I have now illuminated for you the path to understand the Absolute Truth, through which one can truly comprehend the affairs of matter and spirit and their relationship.

Philosophical inquiry culminates in the knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One who, after mastering this science, becomes free from the influences of material nature, attains the stage of devotional service. Thus, whether through devotional service directly or through philosophical inquiry, the goal always remains the attainment of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The same object is perceived differently by different senses, because it has different characteristics. Similarly, the Supreme Lord is one, but He assumes different aspects according to different scriptural injunctions.

By self-interested action, sacrifice, charity, austerity, study of the various scriptures, philosophical enquiry, control of the mind and senses, acceptance of the order of renunciation and observance of one's duties according to the social group to which one belongs, by mastering the different phases of yoga, by performing devotional service and by the simultaneous attachment and detachment that characterize this path, and by mastering the science of spiritual realization and developing a strong sense of detachment, the man who is adept at assimilating the different paths of spirituality realizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is represented in the material universe as well as at the level of transcendence.

My dear mother, I have explained to you the practice of devotional service and its nature according to the four orders dividing society. I have also described to you how eternal time pursues living beings, although they cannot perceive it.

There are various forms of material existence according to the occupation in which the individual being engages under the influence of ignorance, or in forgetfulness of his true identity. Know, dear mother, that whoever falls into this forgetfulness is incapable of understanding to what extent his wanderings will lead him.