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at the chastity of women. In other words, although chaste women
may follow the rules and regulations of Vedic principles to become
ever-faithful to their husbands, Krsna is able to break their stone-like
chastity with the chisel of His beauty. Most of the girl friends of
Krsna were married, but because Krsna was their friend before their
marriages, they could not forget His attractive features, which were
always fascinating to them, even after their marriages.

54. Sac-cid-ananda-vigraha

This means that Krsna’s transcendental body is eternal, full of
knowledge and bliss. Saf means ever-existing for all time and in all
places; in other words, all-pervading in time and space. Cit means full
of knowledge. Krsna has nothing to learn from anyone. He is inde-
pendently full of all knowledge. Ananda means the reservoir of all
pleasure. The impersonalists are seeking to merge into the Brahman
effulgence of eternity and knowledge, but the major portion of the
absolute pleasure which is in Krsna is avoided by them. One can enjoy
the transcendental blissfulness of merging into the Brahman efful-
gence after being freed from the contamination of material illusion,
false identification, attachment, detachment and material absorption.
These are the preliminary qualifications of a person who can realize
Brahman. It is stated in the Bhagavad-gita that one has to become
full of joyfulness; this is not exactly joyfulness, but a sense of free-
dom from all anxieties. Freedom from all anxieties may be the first
principle of joyfulness, but it is not actual joyfulness. Those who
realize the self, or become brahma-bhita, are only preparing them-
selves for the platform of joyfulness. That joyfulness can be actually
achieved only when one comes into contact with Krsna. Krsna con-
sciousness is so complete that it includes the transcendental pleasure
derived from impersonal or Brahman realization. Even the imper-
sonalist will become attracted to the personal form of Krsna, known
as Syamasundara.

It is confirmed by the statement of Brahma-samhita that the Brah-
man effulgence is the bodily ray of Krsna; the Brahman effulgence is
simply an exhibition of the energy of Krsna. Krsna is the source of
