1080 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 24

as raso vai sah, the source of all relishable relationships (rasas). We have
various senses—the power of seeing, tasting, smelling, touching, etc.—and
all the propensities of our senses can be satisfied when the senses are
engaged in the service of the Lord. Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir
ucyate (Narada-pancaratra). “Bhakti means engaging all the senses in the
service of the master of the senses, Hrsikesga.”” These material senses,
however, cannot be engaged in the service of the Lord; therefore one has
to become free from all designations. Sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam tatparatvena
nirmalam. One has to become free from all designation or false egotism
and thus become purified. When we engage our senses in the service of the
Lord, the desires or the inclinations of the senses can be perfectly fulfilled.
Lord Siva therefore wants to see the Lord in a form which is inconceivable
to the Buddhist philosophers or the Buddhists.

The impersonalists and the voidists also have to see the form of the
Absolute. In Buddhist temples there are forms of Lord Buddha in medi-
tation, but these are not worshiped like the forms of the Lord in Vaisnava
temples (forms like Radha-Krsna, Sita-Rama or Laksmi-Narayana).
Amongst the different sampradayas (Vaisnava sects) either Radha-Krsna or
Laksmi-Narayana is worshiped. Lord Siva wants to see that form perfectly,
just as the devotees want to see it. The words rupam priyatamam svanam
are specifically mentioned here, indicating that Lord Siva wants to see
that form which is very dear to the devotees. The word svanam is especially
significant because only the devotees are very, very dear to the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. The jiianis, yogis and karmis are not particularly
dear, for the karmis simply want to see the Supreme Personality of God-
head as their order supplier. The janis want to see Him to become one
with Him, and the yogis want to see Him partially represented within their
heart as Paramatma, but the bhaktas, or the devotees, want to see Him in
His complete perfection. As stated in Brahma-sarithita:

venum kvanantam aravinda-dalayataksam
barhavatamsam asitambuda-sundarangam

kandarpa-koti-kamaniya-visesa-sobham
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami

“| worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept at playing on His
flute, whose eyes are blooming like lotus petals, whose head is bedecked
with peacock feathers, whose beauty is tinged with the hue of blue clouds,
and whose unique loveliness charms millions of Cupids.” (Bs. 5.30) Thus
Lord Siva’s desire is to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is
described in this way—that is, he wants to see Him as He appears to the
