SB 10.82.44 - comparison

SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)

SB 10.82.44, Translation:

Rendering devotional service to Me qualifies any living being for eternal life. But by your good fortune you have developed a special loving attitude toward Me, by which you have obtained Me.

CC Adi-lila

CC Adi 4.23, Translation and Purport:

“"Devotional service rendered to Me by the living beings revives their eternal life. O My dear damsels of Vraja, your affection for Me is your good fortune, for it is the only means by which you have obtained My favor."

Pure devotional service is represented in the activities of the residents of Vrajabhūmi (Vṛndāvana). During a solar eclipse, the Lord came from Dvārakā and met the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana at Samanta-pañcaka. The meeting was intensely painful for the damsels of Vrajabhūmi because Lord Kṛṣṇa had apparently left them to reside at Dvārakā. But the Lord obligingly acknowledged the pure devotional service of the damsels of Vraja by speaking this verse (SB 10.82.44).

CC Madhya-lila

CC Madhya 8.89, Translation and Purport:

“Lord Kṛṣṇa told the gopīs, "The means of attaining My favor is loving service unto Me, and fortunately you are all thus engaged. Those living beings who render service unto Me are eligible to be transferred to the spiritual world and attain eternal life with knowledge and bliss."

The fulfillment of human life is summarized in this verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.82.44).

CC Madhya 13.160, Translation and Purport:

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: "Devotional service unto Me is the only way to attain Me. My dear gopīs, whatever love and affection you have attained for Me by good fortune is the only reason for My returning to you."

This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.82.44).

Teachings of Lord Caitanya

Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 29:

As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.82.44): "Devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the life of every living entity."