यथा वैरानुबन्धेन मर्त्यस्तन्मयतामियात् । न तथा भक्तियोगेन इति मे निश्चिता मति: ॥ २७ ॥
yatha vairanubandhena martyas tan-mayatam iyat na tatha bhakti-yogena iti me niscita matih
- yatha
- as
- vaira-anubandhena
- by constant enmity
- martyah
- a person
- tat-mayatam
- absorption in Him
- iyat
- may attain
- na
- not
- tatha
- in a like manner
- bhakti-yogena
- by devotional service
- iti
- thus
- me
- my
- niscita
- definite
- matih
- opinion.
Narada Muni continued: By devotional service one cannot achieve such intense absorption in thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as one can through enmity toward Him. That is my opinion.