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perfectional stage of mystic yoga, for then the yogi always sees the
Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart. As soon as the Lord is
seated within the heart of the devotee, the devotee cannot be contaminated
by the material modes of nature. As long as one is under the control of the
material modes, he desires so many things and makes so many plans for
material sense enjoyment. As soon as the Lord is perceived in the heart,
all material desires vanish. When the mind is completely free from material
desire, the devotee can think of the Lord constantly. In this way he be-
comes completely dependent upon the lotus feet of the Lord. Caitanya
Mahaprabhu prays:
ayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram
patitam mar visame bhavambudhau
krpaya tava pada-pankaja-
sthita-dhili-sadrgam vicintaya
““My dear Lord, I am Your eternal servant, but somehow or other I have
fallen into the ocean of this material world. Kindly pick me up and fix me
as a speck of dust at Your lotus feet.’ Similarly, Srila Narottama dasa
Thakura prays:
ha ha prabhu nanda-suta, vrsabhanu-sutd-yuta,
karund karaha ei-bdra
narottama-ddsa kaya, nd theliha ranga-paya,
toma vine ke ache dmara
“My dear Lord, You are now present with the daughter of King
Vrsabhanu, Srimati Radharani. Now both of You please be merciful
upon me. Don’t kick me away, because | have no shelter other than You.”
In this way the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes dependent
on His devotee. The Lord is invincible, yet He is conquered by His pure
devotee. He enjoys being dependent on His devotee, just as Krsna enjoyed
being dependent on the mercy of mother Yagoda. Thinking Himself de-
pendent on the devotee gives the Supreme Lord great enjoyment. Some-
times a king may engage a joker, and in the process of joking, the king is
sometimes insulted. The king, however, enjoys these activities. Everyone
worships the Supreme Lord with great reverence; therefore the Lord some-
times wants to enjoy the chastisement of His devotees. In this way the
relationship eternally existing between the Lord and His devotees is fixed,
just like the sky overhead.
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