Text 176] The Lord Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami 355

bhukti-mukti adi-vaficha yadi mane haya
sadhana karile prema utpanna nd haya

SYNONYMS

bhukti—material enjoyment; mukti—to become liberated from material bon-
dage; adi—and so on; vaficha—desires; yadi—if; mane—in the mind; haya—are;
sadhana karile—even executing devotional service according to the regulative
routine; prema—real love of Krsna; utpanna—awakened; né—not; haya—is.

TRANSLATION

“If one is infected with the desire for material enjoyment or material libera-
tion, he cannot rise to the platform of pure loving service unto the Lord, even
though he may superficially render devotional service according to the rou-
tine regulative principles.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura mentions that if one maintains within
his heart the desire to enjoy the result of good work, or, being embarrassed by the
material world, the desire to get out of material entanglement, one will never be
able to attain the transcendental mellows of devotional service. In other words,
one must not desire material profit when rendering devotional service. Even if one
follows all the sixty-four regulative principles, he cannot attain pure devotional
service with a contaminated heart.

TEXT 176
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WATS RIM FATZIATA STAs I 34

bhukti-mukti-sprha yavat
pisaci hrdi vartate

tavad bhakti-sukhasyatra
katham abhyudayo bhavet

SYNONYMS

bhukti—for material enjoyment; mukti—and for liberation from material exis-
tence; sprha—desire; ydavat—as long as; pisaci—the witches; hrdi—within the
heart; vartate—remain; tavat—that long; bhakti—of devotional service;
sukhasya—of the happiness; atra—here; katham—how; abhyudayah—awaken-
ing; bhavet—can there be.
