एवं हि लोका: क्रतुभि: कृता अमी क्षयिष्णव: सातिशया न निर्मला: । तस्माददृष्टश्रुतदूषणं परं भक्त्योक्तयेशं भजतात्मलब्धये ॥ ४० ॥
evam hi lokah kratubhih krta ami ksayisnavah satisaya na nirmalah tasmad adrsta-sruta-dusanam param bhaktyoktayesam bhajatatma-labdhaye
- evam
- similarly (as earthly wealth and possessions are impermanent)
- hi
- indeed
- lokah
- higher planetary systems like heaven, the moon, the sun and Brahmaloka
- kratubhih
- by performing great sacrifices
- krtah
- achieved
- ami
- all those
- ksayisnavah
- perishable, impermanent
- satisayah
- although more comfortable and pleasing
- na
- not
- nirmalah
- pure (free from disturbances)
- tasmat
- therefore
- adrsta-sruta
- never seen or heard
- dusanam
- whose fault
- param
- the Supreme
- bhaktya
- with great devotional love
- uktaya
- as described in the Vedic literature (not mixed with jnana or karma)
- isam
- the Supreme Lord
- bhajata
- worship
- atma-labdhaye
- for self-realization
It is learned from Vedic literature that by performing great sacrifices one may elevate himself to the heavenly planes. However, although life on the heavenly planes is hundreds and thousands of times more comfortable than life on earth, the heavenly planes are not pure (nirmalam), or free from the taint of material existence. The heavenly planes are also temporary, and therefore they are not the goal of life. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, however, has never been seen or heard to possess inebriety. Consequently, for your own benefit and self-realization, you must worship the Lord with great devotion, as described in the revealed scriptures.