252 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
ripa-raghundatha-pade ha-ibe Gdkuti
kabe hdma bujhaba se yugola-piriti
“When I shall be eager to understand the literature given by the Gosvamis, then |
shall be able to understand the transcendental love affairs of Radha and Krsna.”
In other words, unless one is trained under the disciplic succession of the Gosvamis,
one cannot understand Radha and Krsna. The conditioned souls are naturally
averse to understanding the spiritual existence of the Lord, and if they try to know
the transcendental nature of the Lord’s pastimes while they remain absorbed in
materialism, they are sure to blunder like the sahajiyds.
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‘ecae’ fara fafefere, cre Bel +3 |
FEY UID CF, GHA AMSAT | 0 |
‘bhavet’ kriyd vidhilin, sei ihd kaya
kartavya avasya ei, anyathd pratyavadya
SYNONYMS

bhavet—bhavet; kriya—the verb; vidhi-lih—an injunction of the imperative mood;
sei—that; ihd—here; kaya—says; kartavya—to be done; avasya—certainly; ei—this;
anyathad—otherwise; pratyavadya—detriment.

TRANSLATION

Here the use of the verb “‘bhavet,” which is in the imperative mood, tells us that

this certainly must be done. Noncompliance would be abandonment of duty.
PURPORT

This imperative is applicable to pure devotees. Neophytes will be able to under-
stand these affairs only after being elevated by regulated devotional service under
the expert guidance of the spiritual master. Then they too will be competent to
hear of the love affairs of Radha and Krsna.

As long as one is in material conditional life, strict discipline is required in the
matter of moral and immoral activities. The absolute world is transcendental and
free from such distinctions because there inebriety is not possible. But in this
material world a sexual appetite necessitates distinction between moral and immoral
conduct. There are no sexual activities in the spiritual world. The transactions
between lover and beloved in the spiritual world are pure transcendental love and
unadulterated bliss.

One who has not been attracted by the transcendental beauty of rasa will certainly
be dragged down into material attraction, thus to act in material contamination and
progress to the darkest region of hellish life. But by understanding the conjugal
love of Radha and Krsna one is freed from the grip of attraction to material so-called
