232 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 8
siddha-dehe cinti’ kare tahanfii sevana
sakhi-bhave paya radha-krsnera carana
SYNONYMS

siddha-dehe—in the perfected stage; cinti’—by remembering; kare—does;
tahanfi—in the spiritual world; sevana—service; sakhi-bhave—in mood of the
gopis; paya—gets; radha-krsnera—of Radha and Krsna; carana—the lotus feet.

TRANSLATION

“After thinking of Radha and Krsna and Their pastimes for a long time and
after getting completely free from material contamination, one is transferred
to the spiritual world. There the devotee attains an opportunity to serve Radha
and Krsna as one of the gopis.

PURPORT

Stila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that the word siddha-deha,
“perfected spiritual body,” refers to a body beyond the material gross body com-
posed of five elements and the subtle astral body composed of mind, intelligence
and false ego. In other words, one attains a completely spiritual body fit to render
service to the transcendental couple Radha and Krsna: sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam
tat-paratvena nirmalam.

When one is situated in his spiritual body, which is beyond this gross and subtle
material body, he is fit to serve Radha and Krsna. That body is called siddha-deha.
The living entity attains a particular type of gross body in accordance with his past
activities and mental condition. In this life the mental condition changes in dif-
ferent ways, and the same living entity gets another body in the next life accord-
ing to his desires. The mind, intelligence and false ego are always engaged in an
attempt to dominate material nature. According to that subtle astral body, one at-
tains a gross body to enjoy the objects of one’s desires. According to the activities
of the present body, one prepares another subtle body. And according to the
subtle body, one attains another gross body. This is the process of material exis-
tence. However, when one is spiritually situated and does not desire a gross or
subtle body, he attains his original spiritual body. As confirmed by Bhagavad-gita
(4.9): tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti so ‘rjuna.

One is elevated to the spiritual world by the spiritual body and is situated either
in Goloka Vrndavana or in another Vaikuntha planet. In the spiritual body there
are no longer material desires, and one is fully satisfied by rendering service to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Radha and Krsna. This is the platform of bhakti
(hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate). When the spiritual body, mind and
senses are completely purified, one can render service to the Supreme Personality
of Godhead and His consort. In Vaikuntha, the consort is Laksmi, and in Goloka
