प्राचेतस महाभाग संसिद्धस्तपसा भवान् ।
यच्छ्रद्धया मत्परया मयि भावं परं गतः ॥४३॥
Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca
prÄcetasa mahÄ-bhÄga
saá¹siddhas tapasÄ bhavÄn
yac chraddhayÄ mat-parayÄ
mayi bhÄvaá¹ paraá¹ gataḥ
Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca - the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; prÄcetasa - O My dear PrÄcetasa; mahÄ-bhÄga - O you who are so fortunate; saá¹siddhaḥ - perfected; tapasÄ - by your austerities; bhavÄn - your good self; yat - because; Å›raddhayÄ - by great faith; mat-parayÄ - whose object is Me; mayi - in Me; bhÄvam - ecstasy; param - supreme; gataḥ - attained.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O most fortunate PrÄcetasa, because of your great faith in Me, you have attained the supreme devotional ecstasy. Indeed, because of your austerities, combined with exalted devotion, your life is now successful. You have achieved complete perfection.
As the Lord Himself confirms in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (8.15), one reaches the highest perfection when he attains the fortune of realizing the Supreme Personality of Godhead:
mÄm upetya punar janma
duḥkhÄlayam aÅ›ÄÅ›vatam
nÄpnuvanti mahÄtmÄnaḥ
saá¹siddhiá¹ paramÄá¹ gatÄḥ
“After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogīs in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.†Therefore the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement teaches one to follow the path toward the topmost perfection simply by performing devotional service.
