410 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 7

are not devoid of senses; otherwise there cannot be any reciprocation of
unhampered spiritual happiness exchanged between them in spontaneous
unbroken joy. All the senses, both of the Lord and of the devotees, arc
without any material contamination. They are so because they are beyond
the material cause and effects, as it is clearly mentioned herein (sad-asatah
param). The illusory material energy cannot work there, being ashamed
before the Lord and Ilis transcendental devotees. In the material world the
sense activities are not without grief, but here it is clearly said that the
senses of the Lord and the devotees are without any grief. There is a
distinct difference between the material and spiritual senses. And it
should be understood without denying the spiritual senses because of a
material conception.

The senses in the material world are surcharged with material ignorance.
In every way the authorities have recommended purification of the senses
from the material conception. In the material world the senses are manipu-
lated for individual and personal satisfaction, whereas in the spiritual world
the senses are properly used for the purpose for which they were originally
meant, namely the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. Such sensual activi-
tics are natural, and therefore sense gratification there is uninterrupted
and unbroken by material contamination because the senses are spiritually
purified. And such satisfaction of the senses is equally shared by the
transcendental reciprocators. Since the activities are unlimited and con-
stantly increasing, there is no scope for material attempts or artificial
arrangements. Such happiness of transcendental quality is called brahma-
saukhyam, which will be clearly described in the Fifth Canto.

TEXT 48

wre fara aaa qARdele
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sadhryan niyamya yatayo yama-karta-hetim
jahyuh svarad iva nipana-khanitram indrah

sadhryan—artificial mental speculation or meditation; niyamya—control-
ling; yatayah—the mystics; yama-karta-hetim—the process of spiritual cul-
turc; jahyuh—are given up; svaraf—fully independent; tva—as; nipdna—well;
khanitram—trouble for digging; indrah—the controlling demigod supplying
rains.
