Adi-lifa, Chapter 5 509
pleasure of society, friendship and love. This so-called love is lust, not love. But
people are satisfied with such a false understanding of love. Vidyapati, a great and
learned poet of Mithila, has said that the pleasure derived from friendship, society
and family life in the material world is like a drop of water, but our hearts desire
pleasure like an ocean. Thus the heart is compared to a desert of material existence
that requires the water of an ocean of pleasure to satisfy its dryness. If there is a
drop of water in the desert, one may indeed say that it is water, but such a minute
quantity of water has no value. Similarly, in this material world no one is satisfied
in the dealings of society, friendship and love. Therefore if one wants to derive real
pleasure within his heart, he must seek the lotus feet of Govinda. In this verse Ripa
Gosvami indicates that if one wants to be satisfied in the pleasure of society,
friendship and love, he need not seek shelter at the lotus feet of Govinda, for if
one takes shelter under His lotus feet he will forget that minute quantity of so-
called pleasure. One who is not satisfied with that so-called pleasure may seek the
lotus feet of Govinda, who stands on the shore of the Yamuna at KeSitirtha, or
Kegighata, in Vrndavana and attracts all the gopis to His transcendental loving
service.

TEXT 225
Awe SAAS We athe ota |
CAA BES BCA Sica SH Sa-cea Sia i V2 I
saksat vrajendra-suta ithe nahi Gna
yebd ajne kare tdrire pratimd-hena jridna
SYNONYMS
sdksat—directly; vrajendra-suta—the son of Nanda Maharaja; /the—in this matter;
nahi-there is not; dna—any exception; yebd— whatever; ajfe—a foolish person; Rare
—does; tafre—unto Him; pratimd—as a statue; hena jAdna—such a consideration.
TRANSLATION
Without adoubt He is directly the son of the King of Vraja. Only a fool considers
Him a statue.
TEXT 226
Cre SATICY Sta ates frets |
CUA AACHCS ACY, Fe afore BI AQw tl
sei aparadhe tara nahika nistara
ghora narakete pade, ki baliba Gra
