Text 6] Svayambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Maharaja 455
jianis or the demons who are killed by the Lord attain Brahmaloka, or
Satyaloka, so persons who are killed by a devotee of the Lord also attain
Satyaloka. To reach the Satyaloka planetary system described here, one
has to be elevated above the sun globe. Killing, therefore, is not always
bad. If the killing is done by the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His
devotee or in great sacrifices, it is for the benefit of the entity killed in that
way. Material so-called nonviolence is very insignificant in comparison to
killing done by the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His devotees. Even
when a king or the state government kills a person who is a murderer, that
killing is for the benefit of the murderer, for thus he may become cleared
of all sinful reactions.

An important word in this verse is irdhva-retasah, which means brahma-
caris who have never discharged semina. Celibacy is so important that even
though one does not undergo any austerities, penances or ritualistic cere-
monies prescribed in the Vedas, if one simply keeps himself a pure brahma-
cari, not discharging his semina, the result is that after death he goes to the
Satyaloka. Generally, sex life is the cause of all miseries in the material
world. In the Vedic civilization sex life is restricted in various ways. Out
of the whole population of the social structure, only the grhasthas are
allowed restricted sex life. All others refrain from sex. The people of this
age especially do not know the value of not discharging semina. As such,
they are variously entangled with material qualities and suffer an existence
of struggle only. The word uirdhva-retasah especially indicates the Mayavadi
sannyasis, who undergo strict principles of austerity. But in the Bhagavad-
gita the Lord says that even if one goes up to Brahmaloka, he again comes
back.(A brahma-bhuvanal lokah punar avartino ‘rjuna. Bg. 8.16) Therefore,
actual mukti or liberation can be attained only by devotional service,
because by devotional service one can go above Brahmaloka, or to the
spiritual world, wherefrom he never comes back. Mayavadi sannyasis are
very proud of becoming liberated, but actual liberation is not possible un-
less one is in touch with the Supreme Lord in devotional service. It is said,
harim vind na srtim taranti: without Krsna’s mercy, no one can have
liberation.

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TM AATAMA ET TTT
vara =| fea |
strane ara frat
masiatera: —weflfs 1&1
