Text 28] Activities of Kapila 1447

Lord. In the conditional state one engages his senses as a member of a
family, or as a member of a society or country, etc. But when one
forgets all such membership in material circums¢ances and realizes that he
is an eternal servant of the Supreme Lord, that is actual forgetfulness of
material existence.

This forgetfulness actually occurs when one renders service unto the
Lord. A devotee no longer works with the body for sense gratification
with family, society, country, humanity and so on. He simply works
for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. That is perfect Krsna
consciousness.

A devotee always merges in transcendental happiness, and therefore he
has no experience of material distresses. This transcendental happiness is
called eternal bliss. According to the opinion of devotees, constant remem-
brance of the Supreme Lord is called samadhi, or trance. If one is
constantly in trance, there is no possibility of his being attacked or even
touched by the modes of material nature. As soon as one is freed from the
contamination of the three material modes, he no longer has to take birth
to transmigrate from one form to another in this material world.

TEXT 28

TEE | MA TMNSAHAAMETTHTAT |
TH AVIS TT TTT: RCI

tad-dehah paratah poso
‘py akrsas cadhy-asambhavat
babhau malair avacchannah
sadhiima iva pavakah

tat-dehah—her body; paratah—by others (the damsels created by
Kardama); posah—maintained; api—although; akrsah—not thin; ca—and;
adhi—anxiety; asambhavat—from not occurring; babhau—shone; malaih—
by dust; avacchannah—covered; sa-dhimah—surrounded with smoke; iva—
like; padvakah—a fire.
TRANSLATION

Her body was being taken care of by the spiritual damsels created by
her husband Kardama, and since she had no mental anxiety at that time,
her body did not become thin. She appeared just like a fire surrounded by
smoke.
