Text 105] Life’s Ultimate Goal 63

This Krsna consciousness movement continues the tradition of the six
Gosvamis, especially Srila Sanatana Gosvami and Srila Ripa Gosvami. Serious stu-
dents of this Krsna consciousness movement must understand their great respon-
sibility to preach the cult of Vrndavana (devotional service to the Lord) all over
the world. We now have a nice temple in Vrndavana, and serious students should
take advantage of it. |am very hopeful that some of our students can take up this
responsibility and render the best service to humanity by educating people in
Krsna consciousness.

TEXT 105

qetaaty- Pals a frei Bar
SSeIalsts-saia Ha facateer i see i

yukta-vairagya-sthiti saba sikhdila
suska-vairdgya-jnana saba nisedhila

SYNONYMS

yukta-vairagya—of proper renunciation; sthiti—the situation; saba—all;
sikhaila—instructed; suska-vairagya—dry renunciation; jfdna—speculative
knowledge; saba—all; nisedhila—forbade.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then told Sanatana Gosvami about proper renun-
ciation according to a particular situation, and the Lord forbade dry renun-
ciation and speculative knowledge in all respects.

PURPORT

This is the technique for understanding suska-vairdgya and yukta-vairdgya. In
Bhagavad-gitd (6.17) it is said:

yuktahara-vihdrasya
yukta-cestasya karmasu

yukta-svapnavabodhasya
yogo bhavati duhkha-ha

“He who is temperate in his habits of eating, sleeping, working and recreation can
mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system.” To broadcast the cult of
Krsna consciousness, one has to learn the possibility of renunciation in terms of
country, time and candidate. A candidate for Krsna consciousness in the Western
countries should be taught about the renunciation of material existence, but one
would teach candidates from a country like India in a different way. The teacher

