Such persons always acquire that end which is the fourth, viz., the essence of the foremost of Purushas or Vasudeva,-through the three others. Those persons, however, who are devoted to Narayana with their whole minds at once acquire the highest end.
चतुर्थ्यां चैव ते गत्यां गच्छन्ति पुरुषोत्तमम्। एकान्तिनस्तु पुरुषा गच्छन्ति परमं पदम्॥