24.131

ye ’nye ’ravindaksa vimukta-maninas

tvayy asta-bhavad avisuddha-buddhayah

aruhya krcchrena param padam tatah

patanty adho ’nadrta-yusmad-anghrayah

SYNONYMS

ye—all those who; anye—others (nondevotees); aravinda-aksa—O lotus-eyed one; vimukta-maninah—who consider themselves liberated; tvayi—unto You; asta-bhavat—without devotion; avisuddha-buddhayah—whose intelligence is not purified; aruhya—having ascended; krcchrena—by severe austerities and penances; param padam—to the supreme position; tatah—from there; patanti—fall; adhah—down; anadrta—without respecting; yusmat—Your; anghrayah—lotus feet " ’O lotus-eyed one, those who think they are liberated in this life but are without devotional service to You are of impure intelligence.

Although they accept severe austerities and penances and rise to the spiritual position, to impersonal Brahman realization, they fall down again because they neglect to worship Your lotus feet.’

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.2.32).