Text 159] The Lord Instructs Srila Rapa Gosvami 341
“One's devotional service is spoiled when he becomes too entangled in the
following six activities: (1) eating more than necessary or collecting more funds
than required, (2) overendeavoring for mundane things that are very difficult to
attain, (3) talking unnecessarily about mundane subject matters, (4) practicing the
scriptural rules and regulations only for the sake of following them and not for the
sake of spiritual advancement, or rejecting the rules and regulations of the scrip-
tures and working independently or whimsically, (5) associating with worldly-
minded persons who are not interested in Krsna consciousness, and (6) being
greedy for mundane achievements.”
TEXT 158
fo afe acta ace Urs ‘Gorter |
Sie-qfer-aiel, TS GALA Sta cA N Sev Il
kintu yadi latara sarige uthe ‘upasakha’
bhukti-mukti-vafichd, yata asankhya tara lekha
SYNONYMS
kintu—but; yadi—if; latara—the creeper of devotional service; sarige—with;
uthe—arise; upasakha—unwanted creepers; bhukti—for material enjoyment;
mukti—for liberation from the material world; vaficha—the desires; yata—as
many as there are; asahkhya—unlimited; tara—of those unwanted creepers;
lekha—the writing.
TRANSLATION
“‘Sometimes unwanted creepers, such as the creepers of desires for material
enjoyment and liberation from the material world, grow along with the
creeper of devotional service. The varieties of such unwanted creepers are un-
limited.
TEXT 159
fafIeatota’, “Pow, ‘Malena’ |
AS, YS, ifooile’ a Gorttaysisl seu
‘nisiddhacara’, ‘kutinati’, ‘jiva-hirnsana’
‘labha’, ‘puja’, ‘pratisthadi’ yata upasakha-gana
SYNONYMS
nisiddha-acara —behavior not to be exhibited by a person desiring to become
perfect; kutinati—diplomacy; jiva-hirisana—unnecessarily killing animals or the
