1008 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 25
covered by the material body. The permanent senses, being contaminated
by matter, are not acting properly. Devotional service, therefore, involves
freeing the senses from this contamination. When the contamination is
completely removed and the senses act in the purity of unalloyed Krsna
consciousness, then we have reached sad-indriya, or eternal sense activities.
Eternal sensual activities are called devotional service, whereas temporary
sensual activities are called sense gratification. Unless one becomes tired of
material sense gratification, there is no opportunity to hear transcendental
messages from a person like Kapila. Devahiiti expressed that she was tired.
Now that her husband had left home, she wanted to get relief by hearing
the instructions of Lord Kapila.
TEXT 8
TSS TARSHTA TAU TUT |
TMA BY I ATqUENA I< Il
tasya tvam tamaso ‘ndhasya
dusparasyddya paragam
sac-caksur janmanam ante
labdham me tvad-anugrahat

tasya—that; tvam—You; tamasah—ignorance; andhasya—darkness;
dusparasya— difficult to cross; adya—now; pdra-gam—crossing over; sat—
transcendental; caksuh—eye; janmandm—of births; ante—at the end;
labdham—attained; me—my; tvat-anugrahat—by Your mercy.

TRANSLATION

Your Lordship is my only means of getting out of this darkest region of
ignorance because You are my transcendental eye, which, by Your mercy
only, I have attained after many, many births.

PURPORT

This verse is very instructive, since it indicates the relationship between
the spiritual master and the disciple. The disciple or conditioned soul is put
into this darkest region of ignorance and therefore is entangled in the
material existence of sense gratification. It is very difficult to get out of
this entanglement and attain freedom, but if one is fortunate enough to
get the association of a spiritual master like Kapila Muni or His representa-
