Using his ears as hands to take the nectar, knowing the essence of all human goals to be bhakti, having drunk the sweet stories of the Lord among all the past narrations, which destroy material existence, what person would then reject them? Only an animal would reject them! Bhakti is the greatest attainment for the human being among all goals. Knowing this one knows the essence of everything. The person who says that bhakti is a practice for the ultimate goal but is not itself the final result is an animal. Puṛā-kathānām means “among previous events.” Bhavāpahām means “that which destroys material existence.” It is most astonishing (aho)! Who except an animal would refuse this? A person who refuses is an animal. Later the animal nature of the yogī who rejects the attractive topics of Lord will be described. evaṁ harau bhagavati pratilabdha-bhāvo bhaktyā dravad-dhṛdaya utpulakaḥ pramodāt autkaṇṭhya-bāṣpa-kalayā muhur ardyamānas tac cāpi citta-baḍiśaṁ śanakair viyuṅkte The unfortunate yogī who has developed love for the Lord, full of all sweet qualities, whose heart is somewhat soft because of devotion, whose body hairs stand on end in ecstasy, who is constantly overcome with intense tears of joy, gradually withdraws his hook-like mind from the Lord’s form. SB 3.28.34 Thus ends the commentary on Thirteenth Chapter of the Third Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas Chapter Fourteen Impregnation of Diti