Text 21] Purusa-sikta Confirmed 295

The householders and persons who have broken the vow of celibacy
deliberately cannot enter into the kingdom of deathlessness. The pious
householders or the fallen yogis or the fallen transcendentalists can be
promoted to the higher planets within the material world (one-fourth of
the energy of the Lord), but they will fail to enter into the kingdom of
deathlessness. Abrhad-vratas are those who have broken the vow of celi-
bacy. The vanaprasthas, or those retired from family life, and the sannyasis,
or the renounced persons, cannot break the vow of celibacy if they want
success in the process. The brahmacaris, vanaprasthas and the sannyasis
do not intend to take rebirth (apraja), nor are they meant for secretly
indulging in sex life. Such a falldown by the spiritualist may be compen-
sated by another chance of human life in good families of learned
brahmanas or of rich merchants for another term of elevation, but the best
thing is to attain the highest perfection of deathlessness as soon as the
human form of life is attained; otherwise the whole policy of human life
will prove to be a total failure. Lord Caitanya was very strict in advising
His followers in this matter of celibacy. One of His personal attendants,
Chota Haridasa, was severely punished by Lord Caitanya because of his
failure to observe the vow of celibacy. For a transcendentalist, therefore,
who at all wants to be promoted to the kingdom beyond material miseries,
it is worse than suicide to deliberately indulge in sex life, especially in the
renounced order of life. Sex life in the renounced order of life is the most
perverted form of religious life, and such a misguided person can only be
saved if, by chance, he meets a pure devotee.

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srti vicakrame visvam
sdSandnasane ubhe
yad avidya ca vidya ca
purusas tibhaydsrayah

srti—destination of the living entities; vicakrame—exists comprehensive-
ly; visvam—the all-pervading Personality of Godhead; sasana—activities of
lording it over; anasane—activities in the matter of devotional service;
ubhe—both; yat—what is; avidya—nescience; ca—as well as; vidya—factual
