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there is no question of darkness and ignorance. The
wise men, the mahatmas, understand this.

aham sarvasya prabhavo
mattah sarvam pravartate
iti matva bhajante mam
budha bhava-samanvitah
‘I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds.
Every thing emanates from Me. The wise who know
this perfectly engage in My devotional service and
worship Me with all their hearts.” (Bg. 10.8)

In this verse the word budha is used, which indi-
cates a wise man or one who is learned. What is his
symptom? He knows that Krsna is the fountainhead
of everything, of all emanations. He knows that what-
ever he sees is but an emanation of Krsna. In the
material world, sex life is the most prominent factor.
Sexual attraction is found in all species of life, and
one may ask where it comes from. The wise man
-understands that this tendency is in Krsna and that
it is revealed in His relationships with the damsels of
Vraja. Whatever is found in this material world can
also be found in perfection in Krsna. The difference
is that in the material world everything is manifest in
a perverted form. In Krsna all of these tendencies
and manifestations exist in pure consciousness, in
spirit. One who knows this, in full knowledge, be-
comes a pure devotee of Kysna.

mahatmanas tu mam partha
daivim prakrtim asritah

bhajanty ananya-manaso
jnatva bhutadim avyayam
