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(28) After surpassing the forms of water and fire, and thus having reached that pure Self free from fear, one thus having attained the effulgent atmosphere, in due course of time by the Self its air reaches the ethereal Self, the true greatness of one's soul.

(29) By scents having the smell, by the palate having the taste, by the eye having visions, by physical contact being in touch, and finally by sound vibrations experiencing the quality of the ether, the yogi by dint of the activity of the senses also attains [the more subtle sphere].

(30) After he thus at the mental level in relation to the gross and subtle has reached a neutral point of I-awareness, he in the mode of goodness surpasses that realization of himself that is subject to change and progresses, by stopping the operation of the natural modes, towards the reality of perfect wisdom.

(31) By that purification towards the Self of the Supersoul, the person attains the peace, satisfaction and natural delight of being freed from all impurities. He who attains this destination of devotion certainly will never again get attracted to this material world, my dearest Parikshit.

(32) The paths I described to you, oh protector of man, is - as your Majesty requested - in proper accord with the Vedas. It is also in full agreement with the eternal truth as formerly explained by Lord Vasudeva to Lord Brahma who had satisfied Him in worship.

(33) For those who in this life wander around in the material universe, there is for sure no way of attaining more auspicious than the path by which one arrives at the devotional service of the Supreme Personality Lord Vasudeva.

(34) The great personality Vyasadeva studied the Vedas three times in total, and scrutinously with scholarly attention examining them, he ascertained that someone is optimally focussed when he is attracted to the soul.

(35) The Supreme Personality can be perceived in all living beings as the actual nature of that soul, as the Lord who by the intelligence of the seer is recognized by inference from different signs and effects.

(36) Therefore every human soul, oh King, must wherever he is and whenever he exists, hear about, glorify and remember the Lord as the Supreme Personality of the human being.

(37) They who fill their ears with the narrations about the Supreme Lord most dear to the devotees and drink from that nectar, will find their by material pleasure contaminated state of mind purified and return to the presence of His lotus feet.