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as a hungry man eats, he feels immediate satisfaction and says, purusah sa parah partha ;
“No, I don’t want any more. I am satisfied.” This satisfaction is a bhaktya labhyas tv ananyaya
characteristic of the Krsna conscious man. yasyantah-sthani bhiitani
a yena sarvam idam tatam
brahma-bhitah prasannatma
na Socati na kanksati
samah sarvesu bhitesu
mad-bhaktim labhate param

‘‘The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is greater than all, is
attained by unalloyed devotion. Although He is present in His
abode, He is all-pervading, and everything is situated within
Him.’ (Bg. 8.22) The words purusah sa parah indicate the su-
preme person who is greater than all others. This is not a void
speaking, but a person who has all the characteristics of personal-
ity in full. Just as we are talking face to face, when we reach the

“One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the
Supreme Brahman. He never laments nor desires to have any-

ing; he i disposed to every living entity. In that state he !
Tee ee ea volional service unto Me.” (Bg. 18.54) supreme abode we can talk to God face to face. We can play with

As soon as one is spiritually realized, he feels full satisfaction Him, eat with Him, and everything else. This state is not acquired
and no longer hankers after flickering material enjoyment. As by mental speculation but by transcendental loving service (bhak-

i ter of Bhagavad-gita (2.59), tya labhyah). The words tv ananyayd indicate that this bhakti must
stated in the Second Chapter 5 8 be without adulteration. It must be unalloyed.

Although the Supreme Personality is a person and is present in
His abode in the spiritual sky, He is so widespread that everything
is within Him. He is both inside and outside. Although God is
everywhere, He still has His kingdom, His abode. The sun may
pervade the universe with its sunshine, yet the sun itself is a
separate entity.

In His supreme abode, the Supreme Lord has no rival.
Wherever we may be, we find a predominating personality. In the

’ yisaya vinivartante
niraharasya dehinah
rasa-varjam raso ‘py asya
param drstva nivartate

“The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment,
though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such
engagements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in con-

sciousness.” A doctor may tell a diseased man, ‘Don’t eat this. United States, the predominating personality is the President.
Don’t eat that. Don’t have sex. Don’t. Don’t.” In this way, a dis- However, when the next election cores, the President will have
eased man is forced to accept so many ‘‘don’ts,”’ but inside he is so many rivals, but in the spiritual sky the Supreme Lord has no
thinking, ‘‘Oh, if I can just get these things, I’ll be happy.” The rival. Those who want to become rivals are placed in this material
desires remain inside. However, when one is established in Krsna world, under the conditions of material nature. In the spiritual sky

there is no rivalry, and all the inhabitants therein are liberated
souls. From Srimad-Bhdgavatam we receive information that their
bodily features resemble gods. In some of the spiritual planets,
‘ God manifests a two-armed form, and in others He manifests a
: four-armed form. The living entities of those planets have corre-
sponding features, and one cannot distinguish who is God and
who is not. This is called sdrupya-mukti liberation, wherein one

consciousness, he is so strong inside that he doesn’t experience
the desire. Although he’s not impotent, he doesn’t want sex. He
can marry thrice, but still be detached. Param drstva nivartate.
When something superior is acquired, one naturally gives up all
inferior things. That which is superior is the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, and atheism and impersonalism cannot give us this. |
He is attained only by unalloyed devotion.
