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Thus, since it is nothing more than bliss unmixed with suffering, devotion to the Blessed Lord also is the highest goal of life. This is why the author says, "the experience of incomparable bliss, untouched by any suffering" [stanza 1]. By this are refuted all such notions as, "Devotion is not the goal of life because it is not included among religious duty, the acquisition of wealth, "66 pleasure, and final liberation. Religious duty, the acquisition of wealth, and pleasure are not in themselves independent goals; the bliss arising from them is the goal of life. We can, therefore, omit the qualifications "arising from religious duty," "arising from wealth," and so on, because they lead to prolixity and excessive restriction, 67 and demonstrate that bliss alone is the goal of life. This being done, we can see that the bliss of devotion is the goal of life in its own right, just like the bliss of perfect meditation. 68 Now the bliss of perfect meditation may be included within final liberation because it is closely related to it,

247 or it may be included within religious duty 69 because it is produced by the sacred disciplines of yoga. If this is 70 accepted, it is possible to say even to those of limited faith that the bliss of devotion may also be included within final liberation because release from transmigratory existence is inevitable for the devotee.71 Or equally, it can be said that the yoga of devotion is included within religious duty because it is produced by the spiritual disciplines of the Lord's devotees. 72 Therefore the statement that the yoga of devotion is the goal of life, either as included in one of the four commonly accepted goals or independently, is beyond dispute, because it is supreme bliss. 73