Text 19] Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees 193

If we give up the association of sddhus, saintly persons engaged in Krsna
consciousness, and associate with persons seeking sense gratification and
accumulating wealth for this purpose, our life is spoiled. The word asat
refers to an avaisnava, one who is not a devotee of Krsna, and sat refers
toa Vaisnava, Krsna’s devotee. One should always seek the association of
Vaisnavas and not spoil one’s life by mixing with avaisnavas. In
Bhagavad-gita (7.15), the distinction between Vaisnava and avaisnava is
enunciated:
na mam duskrtino midhah
prapadyante narddhaméh
mayayapahrta-jnana
dsuram bhavam 4éritah

Anyone who is not surrendered to Krsna is a most sinful person
(duskrti), a rascal (midha), and the lowest of men (narddhama).
Therefore one should not avoid the association of Vaisnavas, which is
now available all over the world in the form of the Krsna consciousness
movement.

TEXT 19
qa ahah sornearcaadt: 2a

tad aham mattayor madhvya
vadrunya sri-madandhayoh

tamo-madam harisyami
strainayor ajitatmanoh

tat—therefore; aham—I; mattayoh—of these two drunken persons;
madhvya—by drinking liquor; vdérunya—named Varuni; sri-mada-
andhayoh—who are blinded by celestial opulence; tamah-madam—this
false prestige due to the mode of ignorance; harisyami—I shall take
away; strainayoh—because they have become so attached to women;
ajita-dtmanoh—being unable to control the senses.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, since these two persons, drunk with the liquor
named Varuni, or Madhvi, and unable to control their senses, have
