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<h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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<h3>SB Canto 3</h3>
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By dint of one's personal endeavor one may go nearer to the Lord, but without the Lord's mercy one cannot reach the ultimate point. Such understanding of the Lord is possible only by devotional service, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 18.55).
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[[Vanisource:SB 3.8.19|SB 3.8.19, Translation and Purport]]
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Lord Brahmā, thus contemplating, entered the water through the channel of the stem of the lotus. But in spite of entering the stem and going nearer to the navel of Viṣṇu, he could not trace out the root.
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By dint of one's personal endeavor one may go nearer to the Lord, but without the Lord's mercy one cannot reach the ultimate point. Such understanding of the Lord is possible only by devotional service, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā ([[Vanisource:BG 18.55 (1972)|BG 18.55]])
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