eita parama-phala 'parama-puruá¹£Ärtha'
yÄá¹…ra Äge tṛṇa-tulya cÄri puruá¹£Ärtha
eita - this; parama-phala - the supreme goal of life; parama - supreme; puruá¹£a-artha - interest of the living being; yÄá¹…ra Äge - in the presence of which; tṛṇa-tulya - very insignificant; cÄri - four; puruá¹£a-artha - the different types of human interests.
“To taste the fruit of devotional service in Goloka Vá¹›ndÄvana is the highest perfection of life, and in the presence of such perfection, the four material perfections — religion, economic development, sense gratification and liberation — are very insignificant achievements.
The highest achievement attained by the jñÄnÄ«s, or impersonalists, is becoming one with the Supreme, generally known as moká¹£a, liberation. The highest achievements of the yogÄ«s are the eight material perfections, such as aṇimÄ, laghimÄ and prÄpti. Yet these are nothing compared to the eternal bliss of the devotee who returns back to Godhead and tastes the fruit of devotional service to the lotus feet of the Lord. The material perfections, even up to the point of liberation, are very insignificant in comparison; therefore the pure devotee is never interested in such things. His only interest is in perfecting his devotional service to the Lord. The pleasure of the impersonalist, monist philosophers is condemned in the following verse, which is also found in ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmī’s Lalita-mÄdhava.
