118 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 1
it be against the principles of the sdastras, the bills will be passed. The presi-
dent and heads of state become sinful by agreeing to such abominable ac-
tivities. Sanatana and Ripa Gosvamis pleaded guilty to such activities; they
therefore classified themselves among the mlecchas, although born in a
braéhmana family.
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CATA 4, CAA VTS-AeT tfHA |
S-faaa-fas-acs feaice cena 0 sav i
mora karma, mora hate-galaya bandhiyd
ku-visaya-vistha-garte diyache phelaiya
SYNONYMS
mora—our; karma—activities; mora—our; hate—on the hand; galaya—on
the neck; bandhiyé—binding; ku-visaya—of abominable objects of sense
gratification; vistha—of the stool; garte—in the ditch; diyéche phelaiya—
have been thrown.
TRANSLATION
The two brothers, Sakara Mallika and Dabira Khasa, very humbly sub-
mitted that due to their abominable activities, they were now bound by
the neck and hands and had been thrown into a ditch filled with abomi-
nable stool-like objects of material sense enjoyment.
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura has explained ku-visaya garta as
follows: “Because of the activities of the senses, we become subjected to
many sense gratificatory processes and are thus entangled by the laws of ma-
terial nature.’ This entanglement is called visaya. When the sense gratificatory
processes are executed by pious activity, they are called su-visaya. The word
su means “good,” and visaya means “sense objects.” When the sense grati-
ficatory activities are performed under sinful conditions, they are called ku-
visaya, bad sense enjoyment. In either case, either ku-visaya or su-visaya,
these are material activities. As such, they are compared to stool. In other
words, such things are to be avoided. To become free from su-visaya and ku-
visaya, one must engage himself in the transcendental loving service of Krsna,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The activities of devotional service are
