dispatches one of His sons or one of His trustworthy servants or a trustworthy author like Vyasadeva for Instruct the conditioned souls. And He also transmits to them His directives through the Bhagavad-gita or song of the Lord. All this work of preaching takes place at the same time as creation, in order to convince the misguided souls who languish in the material universe to return and surrender to Him. Hence the ultimate teaching of the Bhagavad-gita: "Leave there all your illusory occupations in this world, and simply abandon yourself to Me. The consequences of your faults, I will set you free.

Whoever remains attached to material defilement can not be a servant of God.

The level of spiritual realization corresponds to that of the liberated state. Being grasps its own nature through knowledge and renunciation. Without knowledge, there can be no question of realization. The one who realizes that he is an infinitesimal piece of the supreme spiritual Being, then comes to detach himself from the material, conditioned existence. And it is from there that begins the service of devotion. Indeed, unless one is freed from material defilement, one can not turn to the service of love offered to the Lord. This is why our verse asserts: It is when one possesses the full knowledge of his original and eternal nature and is established in the order of renunciation, henceforth detached from all material attraction, that one can, Through the service of pure devotion, to offer his love to the Lord by becoming his servant.

The Bhagavad-gita teaches that one can access the higher planetary systems, and even Brahmaloka, through acts of virtue; But when the fruits of this piety are exhausted, we must return to this Earth and renew these activities. Thus, even if one achieves a higher level of enjoyment and increased longevity on the higher planetary systems, it will always be for a limited time. But as far as the bhakta is concerned, the holy man, the advantages he acquires, the fruits of his devotional service and the opulence of Vaikuntha, the spiritual world, which results even on this planet, are never destroyed . In this verse, Kapiladeva addresses His Mother by the words santa-rupa, indicating that the perfections obtained by the bhakta remain to him. Indeed, the devotees of the Lord are forever established in the atmosphere of Vaikuntha, which is therefore called santa-rupa because of its position in pure virtue, with no trace of passion or ignorance. When one firmly establishes himself in the service of devotion offered to the Lord, nothing can shake this spiritual position, and consequently the service and pleasure which attach to it are only increasing without end. For the bhaktas absorbed in the Krsna Consciousness, in the atmosphere of