328 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 22

TRANSLATION

‘In this way the conditioned soul becomes the servant of lusty desires, and
when these are not fulfilled, he becomes a servant of anger and continues to
be kicked by the external energy, maya. Wandering and wandering
throughout the universe, he may by chance get the association of a devotee
physician, whose instructions and hymns make the witch of external energy
flee. The conditioned soul thus gets into touch with the devotional service of
Lord Krsna, and in this way he can approach nearer and nearer to the Lord.

PURPORT

An explanation of verses 8 through 15 is given by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in
his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. The Lord is spread throughout the creation in His
quadruple expansions and incarnations. Krsna is fully represented with all poten-
cies in each and every personal extension, but the living entities, although sepa-
rated expansions, are also considered one of the Lord's energies. The living en-
tities are divided into two categories —the eternally liberated and eternally condi-
tioned. Those who are ever-liberated never come in contact with mayé, the exter-
nal energy. The ever-conditioned are always under the clutches of the external
energy. This is described in Bhagavad-gitad:

daivi hy esd gunamayi
mama maya duratyayd

“This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is
difficult to overcome.” (Bg. 7.14)

The nitya-baddhas are always conditioned by the external energy, and the
nitya-muktas never come in contact with the external energy. Sometimes an ever-
liberated personal associate of the Supreme Personality of Godhead descends
into this universe just as the Lord descends. Although working for the liberation of
conditioned souls, the messenger of the Supreme Lord remains untouched by the
material energy. Generally ever-liberated personalities live in the spiritual world as
associates of Lord Krsna, and they are known as krsna-parisada, associates of the
Lord. Their only business is enjoying Lord Krsna’s company, and even though such
eternally liberated persons come within this material world to serve the Lord's
purpose, they enjoy Lord Krsna’s company without stoppage. The ever-liberated
person who works on Krsna’s behalf enjoys Lord Krsna’s company through his
engagement. The ever-conditioned soul, provoked by lusty desires to enjoy the
material world, is subjected to transmigrate from one body to another. Sometimes
he is elevated to higher planetary systems, and sometimes he is degraded to
hellish planets and subjected to the tribulations of the external energy.

Due to being conditioned by the external energy, the conditioned soul within
this material world gets two kinds of bodies—a gross material body and a subtle
