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Srimad Bhagavata Purana

श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्

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एवं हि लोकाः क्रतुभिः कृता अमी क्षयिष्णवः सातिशया न निर्मलाः । तस्माददृष्टश्रुतदूषणं परं भक्त्यैकयेशं भजतात्मलब्धये

evaṃ hi lokāḥ kratubhiḥ kṛtā amī kṣayiṣṇavaḥ sātiśayā na nirmalāḥ | tasmādadṛṣṭaśrutadūṣaṇaṃ paraṃ bhaktyaikayeśaṃ bhajatātmalabdhaye

SB 7.7.40

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Sūtra Translation

SūtraA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada· EN

It is learned from Vedic literature that by performing great sacrifices one may elevate himself to the heavenly planets. However, although life on the heavenly planets is hundreds and thousands of times more comfortable than life on earth, the heavenly planets are not pure [nirmalam], or free from the taint of material existence. The heavenly planets 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.