Rāmānanda climbs another rung: he offers the verse about one who has realized himself beyond the body — he neither laments nor hankers, he is equal to all beings, and out of that serenity he takes to bhakti. Mahāprabhu again: this is external, tell me something more. Śrī Prem Prayojan Prabhu explains why. This is bhakti mixed with knowledge, and one who approaches devotion through jñāna reaches only as far as śānta-rati. Peace is there — service is not. A staircase ending on a landing with no door: you may stand there calmly, there is nowhere further up. The absence of suffering is not yet a relationship.