Text 134] Sri Madhavendra Puri’s Devotional Service 69
water only from the sea. It also absorbs water from filthy sewers and ditches con-
taining urine and other impure substances. The sun is not polluted by absorbing
such water. Rather, the sun makes the filthy place pure. If a devotee approaches
the Supreme Personality of Godhead for an immoral or improper purpose, he
nonetheless becomes purified; the Lord does not become infected. In Srimad-
Bhagavatam it is stated that if one approaches the Supreme Lord even out of lust,
anger or fear (kama krodham bhayam), he is purified. (Bhag. 10.29.15) The
gopis, being young girls, approached Krsna because He was a beautiful young boy.
From the external point of view, they approached the Lord out of lust, and the
Lord danced with them at midnight. From the mundane point of view, these ac-
tivities may appear immoral because a married or unmarried young girl cannot
leave home to mix with a young boy and dance with him. Although this is im-
moral from the mundane viewpoint, the activities of the gopis are accepted as the
highest form of worship because it was Lord Krsna whom they approached with
lusty desires in the dead of night.

But these things cannot be understood by nondevotees. One must understand
Krsna in tattva (truth). One should use his common sense and consider that if
simply by chanting Krsna’s holy name one is purified, how then can the person
Krsna be immoral? Unfortunately, mundane fools are accepted as educational
leaders and are offered exalted posts for teaching irreligious principles to the
general populace. This is explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam (7.5.31): andha
yathandhair upaniyamandh. Blind men are trying to lead other blind men. Due to
the immature understanding of such rascals, common men should not discuss
Krsna’s pastimes with the gopis. A nondevotee should not even discuss His steal-
ing sweet rice for His devotees. It is warned that one should not even think about
these things. Although Krsna is the purest of the pure, mundane people, thinking
of Krsna’s pastimes that appear immoral, themselves become polluted. Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore never publicly discussed Krsna’s dealings with
the gopis. He used to discuss these dealings only with three confidential friends.
He never discussed rasa-lila publicly, as the professional reciters do, although they
do not understand Krsna or the nature of the audience. However, Sri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu encouraged the public chanting of the holy name on a huge scale for
as many hours as possible.

TEXT 134
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