The devotee doesn't mind whether he's born in the animal society or human society or demigod society or any society. He simply prays to God that, "I may not forget You. I may be always engaged in Your transcendental loving service." This is the symptom of pure devotion. Of course, a devotee, wherever he remains, he remains in the spiritual kingdom, even in this material body. But from his side he does not demand from God anything for his personal superiority or personal comfort.
So Lord Kṛṣṇa says that if you want to become one of the associates in, in that spiritual planet, then you have to become a pure devotee. Puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyaḥ. Bhaktyā labhyaḥ means you can attain that perfection by devotional service. And ananyayā. Ananyayā means "without any deviation." Ananyayā. What is that deviation? The deviation is that we are sometimes inclined to become a devotee for some material benefits. So here it is said that ananyayā, ananya-bhakti, without any deviation, without any material profit, you have to become a pure devotee. Then you can attain that spiritual planet.
Now, what is the nature of God? That is also . . . hmm. Yasyāntaḥ-sthāni bhūtāni yena sarvam idaṁ tatam. The Supreme Lord, although He's person, just like exactly a person like you and me, still, He's so, I mean to say, great that all this manifestation, spiritual or material, that is within Him. And He is also all-pervading, all-pervading by His different . . . parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.8): by His different energies, He's all-pervading, everywhere.
You can . . . if you develop pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness, you can see Kṛṣṇa always before you. Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena (Bs 5.38). These stages are there. So these are explained in the Śrīmad-Bhagavad-gītā. Then again Lord Kṛṣṇa explains. This is for the devotee. Now, for ordinary persons, there are some chances how to enter into that spiritual kingdom. Here it is said:
- yatra kāle tv anāvṛttim
- āvṛttiṁ caiva yoginaḥ
- prayātā yānti taṁ kālaṁ
- vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha
- (BG 8.23)
Now Kṛṣṇa explaining that, "My dear Arjuna, there are different time indication of passing away from this material world. That I am explaining to you." Yatra kāle, the time. Now suppose at a particular . . . there are different . . . of course, in your country I do not know what is the astronomical almanac, but in India there is very minute calculation of astronomical situation. When a man is born, his horoscope is made, and when a man dies, how does he go, where he is going, what is his situation, by astronomical calculation they can say.
So Kṛṣṇa also accepting that principle, and He's confirming herewith that yatra kāle tu anāvṛttim. If, If some . . . at some particular time I leave this body, then I may become liberated. That means no more my birth in this material world. Similarly, if I die at a particular moment, I may . . . I'll have to come back again in this material world. It is all chance. But that chance, accidentally or by some way or other one may have.
But for the devotee, there is no such chance. He is, I mean, surely. He is surely. Because devotee . . . sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ (BG 8.6).
A devotee is always in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So there is no question of chance. He does not give any chance to think otherwise. Therefore he is guaranteed. But for others, there are some chances like that, that in particular moment if he dies, if he leaves this body, then he can enter into the spiritual kingdom.