Deliverance of Mucukunda
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that your mind is now fixed in Me, and it is not disturbed by any material fault.
“The material qualities are three, namely goodness, passion and ignorance. When one is placed in the mixed material qualities of passion and ignorance, he is impelled by various kinds of dirtiness and lusty desires to try to find comfort in this material world. When he is situated in the material quality of goodness, he tries to purify himself by performing various kinds of penances and austerities. When one reaches the platform of a real  brāhmaṇa , he aspires to merge into the existence of the Lord, but when one desires simply to render service unto the lotus feet of the Lord, that is transcendental to all these three qualities. The pure Kṛṣṇa conscious person is therefore always free from all material qualities. My dear King, I offered to give you any kind of benediction, just to test how much you have advanced in devotional service. Now I can see that you are on the platform of the pure devotees because your mind is not disturbed by any kind of greedy or lusty desires of this material world. The  yogīs  who are trying to elevate themselves by controlling the senses and who meditate upon Me by practicing the breathing exercise of  prāṇāyāma  are not so thoroughly freed from material desires. It has been seen in several cases that as soon as there is allurement, such  yogīs  again come down to the material platform.”
The vivid example verifying this statement is Viśvāmitra Muni. Viśvāmitra Muni was a great  yogī  who practiced  prāṇāyāma , a breathing exercise, but still when he was visited by Menakā, a society woman of the heavenly planet, he lost all control and begot in her a daughter named Śakuntalā. But the pure devotee Haridāsa Thākur was never disturbed, even when all such allurements were offered by the prostitutes.
“My dear King,” Lord Kṛṣṇa continued, “I therefore give you the special benediction that you will always think of Me. Thus you will be able to traverse this material world freely, without being contaminated by the qualities.” This statement of the Lord confirms that a person in true Kṛṣṇa consciousness, engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord under the direction of the spiritual master, is never subjected to the contamination of material qualities.
“My dear King,” the Lord said, “because you are a  kṣatriya , you have committed the offense of slaughtering animals, both in hunting and in political engagements. To become purified, just engage yourself in  bhakti-yoga  practice and always keep your mind absorbed in Me. Very soon you will be freed from all reactions to such sordid activities.” In this statement it appears that although the  kṣatriyas  are allowed to kill animals in the