# SB 4.8.61 > विरक्तश्चेन्द्रियरतौ भक्तियोगेन भूयसा । > तं निरन्तरभावेन भजेताद्धा विमुक्तये ॥६१॥ ## Text > viraktaś cendriya-ratau > bhakti-yogena bhūyasā > taṁ nirantara-bhāvena > bhajetāddhā vimuktaye ## Synonyms *viraktaḥ ca*—completely renounced order of life; *indriya-ratau*—in the matter of sense gratification; *bhakti-yogena*—by the process of devotional service; *bhūyasā*—with great seriousness; *tam*—unto Him (the Supreme); *nirantara*—constantly, twenty-four hours daily; *bhāvena*—in the topmost stage of ecstasy; *bhajeta*—must worship; *addhā*—directly; *vimuktaye*—for liberation. ## Translation **If one is very serious about liberation, he must stick to the process of transcendental loving service, engaging twenty-four hours a day in the highest stage of ecstasy, and he must certainly be aloof from all activities of sense gratification.** ## Purport There are different stages of perfection according to different persons' objectives. Generally people are *karmīs,* for they engage in activities of sense gratification. Above the *karmīs* are the *jñānīs,* who are trying to become liberated from material entanglement. *Yogīs* are still more advanced because they meditate on the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And above all these are the devotees, who simply engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord; they are situated seriously on the topmost platform of ecstasy. Here Dhruva Mahārāja is advised that if he has no desire for sense gratification, then he should directly engage himself in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. The path of *apavarga,* or liberation, begins from the stage called *mokṣa.* In this verse the word *vimuktaye,* "for liberation," is especially mentioned. If one wants to he happy within this material world, he may aspire to go to the different material planetary systems where there is a higher standard of sense gratification, but real *mokṣa,* or liberation, is performed without any such desire. This is explained in the *Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu* by the term *anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam* [[cc/madhya/19/167|[Cc. Madhya 19.167] ]], "without desire for material sense gratification." For persons who are still inclined to enjoy material life in different stages or on different planets, the stage of liberation in *bhakti-yoga* is not recommended. Only persons who are completely free from the contamination of sense gratification can execute *bhakti-yoga,* or the process of devotional service, very purely. The activities on the path of *apavarga* up to the stages of *dharma, artha* and *kāma* are meant for sense gratification, but when one comes to the stage of *mokṣa,* the impersonalist liberation, the practitioner wants to merge into the existence of the Supreme. But that is also sense gratification. When one goes above the stage of liberation, however, he at once becomes one of the associates of the Lord to render transcendental loving service. That is technically called *vimukti.* For this specific *vimukti* liberation, Nārada Muni recommends that one directly engage himself in devotional service.