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Talks Between the Lord and Rāmānanda Rāya
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world is dull, but in the spiritual world everything is alive. The desire for enjoyment is present both in Kṛṣṇa and in His parts and parcels, the living entities. In the spiritual world, such desires are also spiritual. No one should mistakenly consider such desires to be material. In the material world, if one is sexually inclined and enjoys sex life, he enjoys something temporary. His enjoyment vanishes after a few minutes. However, in the spiritual world the same enjoyment may be there, but it never vanishes. It is continually enjoyed. In the spiritual world such sex desire appears to be more and more relishable with each new feature. In the material world, however, sex enjoyment becomes distasteful after a few minutes only, and it is never permanent. Because Kṛṣṇa appears very much sexually inclined, He is called the new Cupid in the spiritual world. There is no material inebriety in such desire, however.
Gāyantaṁ trāyate yasmāt gāyatrī tvaṁ tataḥ smṛtā:  if one chants the  gāyatrī-mantra , he is gradually delivered from the material clutches. That which delivers one from material entanglement is called  gāyatrī . An explanation of the  gāyatrī-mantra  can be found in  Madhya-lilā , Chapter Twenty-one, text 125:
kāma-gāyatrī-mantra-rūpa, haya kṛṣṇera svarūpa, sārdha-cabiśa akṣara tāra haya se akṣara 'candra' haya, kṛṣṇe kari' udaya, trijagat kailā kāma-maya
This  mantra  is just like a Vedic hymn, but it is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. There is no difference between the  kāma-gāyatrī  and Kṛṣṇa. Both are composed of twenty-four and a half transcendental letters. The  mantra  depicted in letters is also Kṛṣṇa, and the  mantra  rises just like the moon. Due to this, there is a perverted reflection of desire in human society and among all kinds of living entities. In the  mantra: klīṁ kāma-devāya vidmahe puṣpa-bāṇāya dhīmahi tan no 'naṅgaḥ pracodayāt , Kṛṣṇa is called Kāma-deva or Madana-mohana, the Deity who establishes our relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Govinda, or  puṣpa-bāṇa , who carries an arrow made of flowers, is the Personality of Godhead who accepts our devotional service.  Anaṅga , or Gopijana-vallabha, satisfies all the  gopīs  and is the ultimate goal of life. This  kāma-gāyatrī  ( klīṁ kāma-devāya vidmahe puṣpa-bāṇāya dhīmahi tan no 'naṅgaḥ pracodayāt ) simply does not belong to this material world. When one is advanced in spiritual understanding, he can worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead with his spiritually purified senses and fulfill the desires of the Lord.
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru mām evaiṣyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo 'si me