1228 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 26
which is called the mother. Although the King was refreshed, he nonetheless
inquired about his wife. Thus he was consulting, thinking and willing how
he could again return to his steady good consciousness. The mind may
suggest that by visaya-bhoga, or sense enjoyment, one can become happy,
but when one becomes advanced in Krsna consciousness, he does not derive
happiness from material activities. This is explained in Bhagavad-gita:
visaya vinivartante
niradharasya dehinah
rasa-varjam raso ‘py asya
param drstvd nivartate
“The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the
taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experi-
encing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness.” (Bg. 2.59)

One cannot be artificially unattached to the sense objects unless he
finds better engagement in devotional service. Param drstva nivartate. One
can cease from material activities only when one actually engages in
devotional service.

TEXT 15
sx La
A Teas WaT TY YEA |
le A AZ Te ATT Tat TT MAST |
SUR TH TR: BH aT StaTT U4
na tathaitarhi rocante
grhesu grha-sampadah
yadi na sydd grhe mata
patni va pati-devata
vyange ratha iva prajnah
ko namasita dinavat

na—not; tathad—like before; etarhi—at this moment; rocante—become
pleasing; grhesu—at home; grha-sampadah—all household paraphernalia;
yadi—if; na—not; sydt—there is; grhe—at home; mdta—mother; patni—
wife; vd—or; pati-devata—devoted to the husband; vyange—without wheels;
rathe—in a chariot; iva—like; prajiah—learned man; kah—who is that;
nama— indeed; dsita—would sit; dina-vat—like a poverty-stricken creature.
