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there is no distinction that the husband is enjoying
more or the wife is enjoying less. Although the male
is the predominator, and the female is the predomi-
nated, there is no division when it comes to enjoy-
ment. On a larger scale, no living entity is the enjoyer.

God expanded into many, and we constitute
those expansions. God is one without a second, but
He willed to become many in order to enjoy. We
have experience that there is little or no enjoyment
in sitting alone in a room talking to oneself. How-
ever, if there are five people present, our enjoyment
is enhanced, and if we can discuss Krsna before many,
many people, the enjoyment is all the greater. Enjoy-
ment means variety. God became many for His enjoy-
ment, and thus our position is that of enjoyed. That
is our constitutional position and the purpose for
our creation. Both enjoyer and enjoyed have con-
sciousness, but the consciousness of the enjoyed is
subordinate to the consciousness of the enjoyer. Al-
though Krsna is the enjoyer and we the enjoyed, the
enjoyment can be participated in equally by everyone.
Our enjoyment can be perfected when we participate
in the enjoyment of God. There is no possibility in
our enjoying separately on the bodily platform.
Material enjoyment on the gross bodily platform is
discouraged throughout Bhagavad-gita:

matrd-sparsas tu kaunteya

Sitosna-sukha-duhkha-dah
agamapayino ‘nitydas
tams titiksasva bharata
