kṛṣṇa-bhakti haya abhidheya-pradhāna
bhakti-mukha-nirčkᚣaka karma-yoga-jùāna

 kṛṣṇa-bhakti - devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa; haya - is; abhidheya-pradhāna - the chief function of the living entity; bhakti-mukha - of the face of devotional service; nirÄŤkᚣaka - observers; karma-yoga-jùāna - fruitive activities, mystic yoga and speculative knowledge.


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“Devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is the chief function of the living entity. There are different methods for the liberation of the conditioned soul — karma, jñāna, yoga and bhakti — but all the others are dependent on bhakti.

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