Text 43] The Advent of Lord Krsna: Introduction 73
must therefore take this movement very seriously for the benefit of all
humanity. To save oneself from the repetition of birth and death, one
must purify his consciousness. Sarvopddhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratvena
nirmalam. One must be freed from all designations—“‘I am American,”
“T am Indian,” “I am this,” “I am that’ —and come to the platform of
understanding that Krsna is the original master and we are His eternal
servants. When the senses are purified and engaged in Krsna’s service,
one achieves the highest perfection. Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevenam bhaktir
ucyate. The Krsna consciousness movement is a movement of bhakti-
yoga. Vairagya-vidya-nija-bhakti-yoga. By following the principles of
this movement, one becomes disassociated from material mental concoc-
tions and is established on the original platform of the eternal relation-
ship between the living entity and the Supreme Personality of Godhead
as servant and master. This, in summary, is the purpose of the Krsna
consciousness movement.
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ad aaa gad
Ty ware gala ez
jyotir yathaivodaka-parthivesv adah
samira-veganugatam vibhavyate
evam sva-mayd-racitesv asau puman
gunesu raéganugato vimuhyati
jyotih—the luminaries in the sky, such as the sun, the moon and the

stars; yathd—as; eva—indeed; udaka—in water; pdrthivesu—or in
other liquids, like oil; adah—directly; samira-vega-anugatam —being
forced by the movements of the wind; vibhavyate—appear in different
shapes; evam—in this way; sva-mdyd-racitesu—in the situation created
by one’s mental concoctions; asau—the living entity; pumaén—person;
gunesu—in the material world, manifested by the modes of nature;
raga-anugatah—according to his attachment; vimuhyati—becomes
bewildered by identification.
