Text 163] The Lord Instructs Srila Ripa Gosvami 345

chief creeper; badi’—increasing; yaya—goes; vrndévana—to the lotus feet of
Lord Sri Krsna in Vrndavana.

TRANSLATION

“As soon as an intelligent devotee sees an unwanted creeper growing
beside the original creeper, he must cut it down instantly. Then the real
creeper of bhakti-lata-bija grows nicely, returns home, back to Godhead, and
seeks shelter under the lotus feet of Krsna.

PURPORT

If one is misled by unwanted creepers and is victimized, he cannot make
progress back to Godhead. Rather, he remains within the material world and
engages in activities having nothing to do with pure devotional service. Such a
person may be elevated to the higher planetary systems, but because he remains
within the material world, he is subjected to the threefold material miseries.

TEXT 162
Campa’ athe cu, ae GPatea |
TS] VAS’ jet SPagw’ AW vd tI

‘prema-phala’ paki’ pade, mali asvadaya
lata avalambi’ mali ‘kalpa-vrksa’ paya

SYNONYMS

prema-phala—the fruit of love of God; paki’—becoming mature; pade —falls
down; mdli—the gardener; dsvadaya—tastes; lata avalambi’—taking advantage
of the growing bhakti-lata; mali—the gardener; kalpa-vrksa paya—reaches the
desire tree in Goloka Vrndavana.

TRANSLATION

“When the fruit of devotional service becomes ripe and falls down, the gar-
dener tastes the fruit and thus takes advantage of the creeper and reaches the
desire tree of the lotus feet of Krsna in Goloka Vrndavana.

TEXT 163

Bil CAS SaGCwA FACT CHA |
QCA CARBA-AR BOA HUB |i sve t
