Text 198] The Later Pastimes of Lord Caitanya 119

free from the contamination of material qualities. Therefore, to be free from
the reactions of su-visaya and ku-visaya, one must take to Krsna conscious-
ness. In that way, one will save himself from contamination. In this connec-
tion, Sila Narottama dasa Thakura has sung:

karma-kanda, jfidna-kanda, kevala visera bhanda
amrta baliyé yeba khaya
nana yoni sada phire, kadarya bhaksana kare
tara janma adhah-pate yaya

Su-visaya and ku-visaya both fall under the category of karma-kanda. There is
another kdnda (platform of activity) called jfdna-kanda, or philosophical
speculation about the effects of ku-visaya and su-visaya with the intention to
find out the means of deliverance from material entanglement. On the plat-
form of jfidna-kanda, one may give up the objects of ku-visaya and su-visaya.
But that is not the perfection of life. Perfection is transcendental to both
jfidna-kanda and karma-kanda; it is on the platform of devotional service. If
we do not take to devotional service in Krsna consciousness, we have to
remain within this material world and endure the repetition of birth and death
due to the effects of jfidna-kanda and karma-kanda. Therefore Narottama
dasa Thakura says:

nand yoni sada phire, kadarya bhaksana kare
tara janma adhah-pate yaya

“One travels throughout various species of life and eats all kinds of nonsense.
Thus he spoils his existence.” A man in material existence and attached to ku-
visaya or su-visaya is in the same position as that of a worm in stool. After all,
whether it be moist or dry, stool is stool. Similarly, material activities may be
either pious or impious, but because they are all material, they are compared
to stool. Worms cannot get out of stool by their own endeavor; similarly,
those who are overly attached to material existence cannot get out of mate-
rialism and suddenly become Krsna conscious. Attachment is there. As ex-
plained by Prahlada Maharaja in Srimad-Bhagavatam (7.5.30):

matir na krsne paratah svato va
mitho ‘bhipadyeta grha-vratanam

adanta-gobhir visatam tamisram
punah punas carvita-carvandanam
