# SB 3.24.29 > स एव भगवानद्य हेलनं न गणय्य नः । > गृहेषु जातो ग्राम्याणां यः स्वानां पक्षपोषणः ॥२९॥ ## Text > sa eva bhagavān adya > helanaṁ na gaṇayya naḥ > gṛheṣu jāto grāmyāṇāṁ > yaḥ svānāṁ pakṣa-poṣaṇaḥ ## Synonyms *saḥ* *eva*—that very same; *bhagavān*—Supreme Personality of Godhead; *adya*—today; *helanam*—negligence; *na*—not; *gaṇayya*—considering high and low; *naḥ*—our; *gṛheṣu*—in the houses; *jātaḥ*—appeared; *grāmyāṇām*—of ordinary householders; *yaḥ*—He who; *svānām*—of His own devotees; *pakṣa*-*poṣaṇaḥ*—who supports the party. ## Translation **Not considering the negligence of ordinary householders like us, that very same Supreme Personality of Godhead appears in our homes just to support His devotees.** ## Purport Devotees are so affectionate toward the Personality of Godhead that although He does not appear before those who practice *yoga* in a secluded place even for many, many births, He agrees to appear in a householder's home where devotees engage in devotional service without material *yoga* practice. In other words, devotional service to the Lord is so easy that even a householder can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead as one of the members of his household, as his son, as Kardama Muni experienced. He was a householder, although a *yogī,* but he had the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kapila Muni as his son. Devotional service is such a powerful transcendental method that it surpasses all other methods of transcendental realization. The Lord says, therefore, that He lives neither in Vaikuṇṭha nor in the heart of a *yogī,* but He lives where His pure devotees are always chanting and glorifying Him. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is known as *bhakta-vatsala.* He is never described as *jñānī-vatsala* or *yogī-vatsala.* He is always described as *bhakta-vatsala* because He is more inclined toward His devotees than toward other transcendentalists. In *Bhagavad-gītā* it is confirmed that only a devotee can understand Him as He is. *Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti:* [[bg/18/55|[Bg. 18.55] ]] "One can understand Me only by devotional service, not otherwise." That understanding alone is real because although *jñānīs,* mental speculators, can realize only the effulgence, or the bodily luster, of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and *yogīs* can realize only the partial representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a *bhakta* not only realizes Him as He is but also associates with the Personality of Godhead face to face.