Adi-Iila, Chapter 7 137

paficama purusartha sei prema-mahadhana
krsnera madhurya-rasa karaya asvadana

SYNONYMS

paficama—fifth; purusa-artha—goal of life; sei—that; prema—love of God; maha-
dhana—foremost wealth; krsaera—of Lord Krsna; madhurya—conjugal love; rasa—
mellow; karaya—causes; asvadana—taste.

TRANSLATION

“Love of Godhead is so exalted that it is considered to be the fifth goal of human
life. By awakening one’s love of Godhead, one can attain the platform of conjugal
love, tasting it even during the present span of life.

PURPORT

The Mayavadi philosophers consider the highest goal of perfection to be liberation
(mukti), which is the fourth perfectional platform. Generally people are aware of
four principal goals of life—religiosity (dharma), economic development (artha),
sense gratification (kama) and ultimately liberation (moksa)—but devotional service
is situated on the platform above liberation. In other words, when one is actually
liberated (mukta) he can understand the meaning of love of Godhead (krsna-prema).
While teaching Ripa Gosvami, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stated, kotimukta-madhye
‘durlabha’ eka krsna-bhakta: ‘Out of millions of liberated persons, one may be-
come a devotee of Lord Krsna.”

The most elevated Mayavadi philosopher can rise to the platform of liberation,
but Krsna-bhakti, devotional service to Krsna, is transcendental to such liberation.
Srila Vyasadeva explains this fact in Srimad- -Bhagavatam (Bhag. 1.1.2):

dharmah projjhita-kaitavo ’tra paramo nirmatsaranam satam
vedyarn vastavam atra vastu Sivadarn tapa-trayonmulanam

“Completely rejecting all religions which are materially motivated, the Bhagavata
Purana propounds the highest truth, which is understandable by those devotees who
are pure in heart. The highest truth is reality, distinguished from illusion for the
welfare of all. Such truth uproots the threefold miseries.”’ Srimad-Bhagavatam, the
explanation of Vedanta-sutra, is meant for paramo nirmatsaranam, those who are
completely aloof from jealousy. Mayavadi philosophers are jealous of the existence
of the Personality of Godhead. Therefore Vedanta-sutra is not actually meant for
them. They unnecessarily poke their noses in the Vedanta-sutra, but they have no
ability to understand it because the author of Vedanta-sutra writes in his commen-
tary, Srimad-Bhagavatam, that it is meant for those who are pure in heart (paramo
nirmatsaranam). If one is envious of Krsna, how can he understand Vedanta-sutra
or Srimad-Bhagavatam? The Mayavadis’ primary occupation is to offend the
Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna. For example, although Krsna demands our
surrender in Bhagavad-gita, the greatest scholar and so-called philosopher in India
