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free from the contamination of material qualities. Therefore, to be free from the reactions of  su-viṣaya  and  ku-viṣaya , one must take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In that way, one will save himself from contamination. In this connection, Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung:
karma-kāṇḍa, jñāna-kāṇḍa, kevala viṣera bhāṇḍa  
 amṛta baliyā yeba khāya  
 nānā yoni sadā phire, kadarya bhakṣaṇa kare  
 tāra janma adhaḥ-pāte yāya
Su-viṣaya  and  ku-viṣaya  both fall under the category of  karma-kāṇḍa . There is another  kāṇḍa  (platform of activity) called  jñāna-kāṇḍa , or philosophical speculation about the effects of  ku-viṣaya  and  su-viṣaya  with the intention to find out the means of deliverance from material entanglement. On the platform of  jñāna-kāṇḍa , one may give up the objects of  ku-viṣaya  and  su-viṣaya . But that is not the perfection of life. Perfection is transcendental to both  jñāna-kāṇḍa  and  karma-kāṇḍa ; it is on the platform of devotional service. If we do not take to devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, we have to remain within this material world and endure the repetition of birth and death due to the effects of  jñāna-kāṇḍa  and  karma-kāṇḍa . Therefore Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says:
nānā yoni sadā phire, kadarya bhakṣaṇa kare  
 tāra janma adhaḥ-pāte yāya
“One travels throughout various species of life and eats all kinds of nonsense. Thus he spoils his existence.” A man in material existence and attached to  ku-viṣaya  or  su-viṣaya  is in the same position as that of a worm in stool. After all, whether it be moist or dry, stool is stool. Similarly, material activities may be either pious or impious, but because they are all material, they are compared to stool. Worms cannot get out of stool by their own endeavor; similarly, those who are overly attached to material existence cannot get out of materialism and suddenly become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Attachment is there. As explained by Prahlāda Mahārāja in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (7.5.30):
matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā  
 mitho 'bhipadyeta gṛha-vratānām  
 adānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisraṁ  
 punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām