Now, Lord Kṛṣṇa has described different types of transcendentalist. The first He has described about the mahātmā—mahātmā, the great soul. And their symptoms have been described that, satataṁ kīrtayanto mām (BG 9.14).
They are engaged twenty-four hours, cent percent, in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ, and trying to serve the Lord very carefully, with vow. So they are first-class transcendentalist, or the great soul.
Then? Second class? Those who are trying to understand the Supreme, the Absolute Truth, by identify himself with the Supreme that, "I am, I am the Supreme." This I have already explained. This "I am Supreme" means "I am part and parcel of the Supreme, of the same quality." So these people, these devotees—not exactly devotees—transcendentalist—they, doing that, when they are little more advanced, and if by chance they get association of another pure devotee, then he can understand that "I am not Supreme, but I am the part and parcel of the Supreme." Then he makes further advance, and the ultimate goal, as I have several times explained before you, ultimate goal is to know Kṛṣṇa, or the Supreme Lord. That is the ultimate goal.