1 We have practical experience of this with our
students in the International Society for Krishna
Consciousness. Before becoming students, they
were dirty looking, although they had _ naturally
beautiful personal features; but due to having no
information of Krsna consciousness they appeared
very dirty and wretched. Since they have taken to
Krsna consciousness, their health has improved,
and by following the rules and regulations, their
bodily luster has increased. When they are
dressed with saffron colored cloth, with tilaka on

their foreheads and beads in their hands and on

; their necks, they look exactly as if they come
directly from Vaikuntha.

The residents of the water are the fish, frogs,
and so on, and the residents of the land are the
cows, deer, and so on. By constantly drinking and
taking bath in the fresh rain water of the rainy
season, the tired and parched animals are re-
freshed and their complexion becomes brilliant as
their health is invigorated by the arrival of new rain
water. The lakes, ponds and rivers are cleansed
and invigorated by the down-pour of new rain wa-
ter and thus become most beautiful. Similarly, a
devotee of the Supreme Lord who takes advan-

“ tage of the beautiful and invigorating downpour of
the transcendental descriptions of God found in
Vedic literature finds his spiritual consciousness
invigorated and refreshed. In this way his spiritual-
ized body becomes very beautiful.m

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