Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 03, Chapter 16, Text 19

SB 3.16.19

taranti hy añjasa mrtyum
 nivrtta yad-anugrahat
yoginah sa bhavan kim svid
 anugrhyeta yat paraih
 
Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada:
 
Mystics and transcendentalists, by the mercy of the Lord, cross beyond nescience by ceasing all material desires. It is not possible, therefore, that the Supreme Lord can be favored by others.
 
Purport by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada
 
Unless one is favored by the Supreme Lord, one cannot cross over the ocean of the nescience of repeated birth and death. Here it is stated that yogis or mystics cross beyond nescience by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are many kinds of mystics, such as the karma-yogi, jñana-yogi, dhyana-yogi and bhakti-yogi. The karmis particularly search after the favor of the demigods, the jñanis want to become one with the Supreme Absolute Truth, and the yogis are satisfied simply by partial vision of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Paramatma, and ultimately by oneness with Him. But the bhaktas, the devotees, want to associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead eternally and serve Him. It has already been admitted that the Lord is eternal, and those who want the favor of the Supreme Lord perpetually are also eternal. Therefore yogis here means devotees. By the mercy of the Lord, devotees can easily pass beyond the nescience of birth and death and attain the eternal abode of the Lord. The Lord is therefore not in need of another’s favor because no one is equal to or greater than Him. Actually, everyone needs the favor of the Lord for successful understanding of his human mission.
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