Text 32] Description of the Kingdom of God 605

should have known that the four sages had no other business, and therefore
to restrict them from entering the palace was not apt.

In this verse it is figuratively stated that the younger brother of desire
suddenly appeared in person when the sages were forbidden to see their
most beloved Personality of Godhead. The younger brother of desire is
anger. If one’s desire is not fulfilled, the younger brother, anger, follows.
Here we can mark that even great saintly persons like the Kumaras were al-
so angry, but they were not angry for their personal interests. They were
angry because they were forbidden to enter the palace to see the Personality
of Godhead. Therefore the theory that in the perfectional stage one should
not have anger is not supported in this verse. Anger will continue even in
the liberated stage. These four mendicant brothers, the Kumaras, were con-
sidered liberated persons, but still they were angry because they were re-
stricted in their service to the Lord. The difference between the anger of an
ordinary person and that of a liberated person is that an ordinary person be-
comes angry because of his sense desires not being fulfilled, whereas a
liberated person like the Kumaras becomes angry when restricted in the
discharge of duties for serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

In the previous verse it has been clearly mentioned that the Kumaras
were liberated persons. Viditatma-tattva means one who understands the
truth of self-realization. One who does not understand the truth of self-
realization is called ignorant, but one who understands the self, the Super-
self, their interrelation, and activities in self-realization is called viditatma-
tattva. Although the Kumaras were already liberated persons, they never-
theless became angry. This point is very important. Becoming liberated
does not necessitate losing one’s sensual activities. Sense activities continue
even in the liberated stage. The difference is, however, that sense activities
in liberation are accepted only in connection with Krsna consciousness,
whereas sense activities in the conditioned stage are enacted for personal
sense gratification.

TEXT 32

TAY Fy
Rl after aacahtaaates-

watant faraat five: aa: |
afer sarage’ qataae at

Hl TUSHATHHN: TANT 132

munaya ucuh
ko vam thailya bhagavat-paricaryayoccais
tad-dharminam nivasatam visamah sva-bhavah
