Text 39] The Movements of the Living Entities 1355

Krsna worship. That is testified to by Yamundacarya. He says, “Since I have
become attracted by the beauty of Radha and Krsna, when there is attrac-
tion for a woman or a memory of sex life with a woman, | at once spit on
it,and my face turns in disgust.” When we are attracted by Madana-mohana
and the beauty of Krsna and His consorts, then the shackles of conditioned
life, namely the beauty of a material woman, cannot attract us.

TEXT 39

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sangam na kuryat pramadasu jatu
yogasya param param aruruksuh

mat-sevayd pratilabdhat ma-labho
vadanti yd niraya-dvdram asya

sangam—association; na—not; kurydt—one should make; pramadasu—
with women; jdtu—ever; yogasya—of yoga; pdram—culmination; param—
topmost; druruksuh—one who aspires to reach; mat-sevaya—by rendering
service unto Me; pratilabdha—obtained; atma-labhah—self-realization;
vadanti—they say; yah—which women; niraya—to hell; dudram—the gate-
way; asya—of the advancing devotee.

TRANSLATION

One who aspires to reach the culmination of yoga and has realized his
self by rendering service unto Me should never associate with an attractive
woman, for such a woman is declared in the scripture to be the gateway
to hell for the advancing devotee.

PURPORT

The culmination of yoga is full Krsna consciousness. This is affirmed in
Bhagavad-gita: a person who is always thinking of Krsna in devotion is the
topmost of all yogis. And in the Second Chapter of the First Canto of
Srimad-Bhagavatam, it is also stated that when one becomes freed from
