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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 2, Ch. 7 ]
are not devoid of senses; otherwise there cannot be any reciprocation of unhampered spiritual happiness exchanged between them in spontaneous unbroken joy. All the senses, both of the Lord and of the devotees, are without any material contamination. They are so because they are beyond the material cause and effects, as it is clearly mentioned herein ( sad-asataḥ param ). The illusory material energy cannot work there, being ashamed before the Lord and His transcendental devotees. In the material world the sense activities are not without grief, but here it is clearly said that the senses of the Lord and the devotees are without any grief. There is a distinct difference between the material and spiritual senses. And it should be understood without denying the spiritual senses because of a material conception.
The senses in the material world are surcharged with material ignorance. In every way the authorities have recommended purification of the senses from the material conception. In the material world the senses are manipulated for individual and personal satisfaction, whereas in the spiritual world the senses are properly used for the purpose for which they were originally meant, namely the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. Such sensual activities are natural, and therefore sense gratification there is uninterrupted and unbroken by material contamination because the senses are spiritually purified. And such satisfaction of the senses is equally shared by the transcendental reciprocators. Since the activities are unlimited and constantly increasing, there is no scope for material attempts or artificial arrangements. Such happiness of transcendental quality is called  brahma-saukhyam , which will be clearly described in the Fifth Canto.
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सश्चङ् नियम्य यतयो यमकतेहेति
जह्युः स्वराडिव निपानखनित्रमिन्द्रः ॥४८॥
sadhryaṅ niyamya yatayo yama-karta-hetim jahyuḥ svarāḍ iva nipāna-khanitram indraḥ
sadhryaṅ —artificial mental speculation or meditation;  niyamya —controlling;  yatayaḥ —the mystics;  yama-karta-hetim —the process of spiritual culture;  jahyuḥ —are given up;  svarāṭ —fully independent;  iva —as;  nipāna —well;  khanitram —trouble for digging;  indraḥ —the controlling demigod supplying rains.