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affected by the principle of maya, the more he is detached from the basic
principle of love. One cannot factually love anything unless he is fully
developed in the loving service of the Lord.

In the present verse, stress is given to focusing love upon the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. The word kuryat is significant here. This means
“one must have it.” It is just to stress that we must have more and more
attachment to the principle of love. The influence of maya is experienced
by the part and parcel spiritual entity, but it cannot influence the Super-
soul or the Paramatma. The Mayavadi philosophers, accepting the influence
of maya on the living entity, want to become one with the Paramatma.
But because they have no actual love for Paramatma, they remain ever
entrapped by the influence of maya and are unable to approach the
vicinity of Paramatma. This inability is due to their lack of affection for the
Paramatma. A rich miser does not know how to utilize his wealth, and
therefore, in spite of his being very rich, his miserly behavior keeps him
everlastingly a poor man. On the other hand, a person who knows how to
utilize wealth can quickly become a rich man, even with a small credit
balance.

The eyes and the sun are very intimately related because without sun-
light the eyes are unable to see. But the other parts of the body, being
attached to the sun as a source of warmth, take more advantage of the sun
than do the eyes. Without possessing affection for the sun, the eyes cannot
bear the rays of the sun; or, in other words, such eyes have no capacity to
understand the utility of the sun’s rays. Similarly, the empiric philosophers,
despite their theoretical knowledge of Brahman, cannot utilize the mercy
of the Supreme Brahman only for want of affection. So many impersonal
philosophers remain everlastingly under the influence of maya because,
although they indulge in theoretical knowledge of Brahman, they neither
develop affection for Brahman nor do they have any scope for development
of affection because of their defective method. A devotee of the sun-god,
even though devoid of eyesight, can see the sun-god as he is even from this
planet, whereas one who is not a devotee of the sun cannot even bear the
glaring sunlight. Similarly, by devotional service, even though one is not on
the level of a jnani, he can see the Personality of Godhead within himself
due to his development of pure love. In all circumstances one should try to
develop love of Godhead, and that will solve all contending problems.

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