Text 6] The Glories of Lord Ananta 415
smile, and they become bashful, realizing that He knows their
desires. Then they smile beautifully and look upon the Lord’s
lotus face, which is beautified by reddish eyes rolling slightly from
intoxication and delighted by love for His devotees.
PURPORT

When males and females touch each other’s bodies, their lusty desires
naturally awaken. It appears from this verse that there are similar sensa-
tions in spiritual bodies. Both Lord Ananta and the women giving Him
pleasure had spiritual bodies. Thus all sensations originally exist in the
spiritual body. This is confirmed in the Veddnta-siitra: janmady asya
yatah., Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has commented in this con-
nection that the word ddi means ddi-rasa, the original lusty feeling,
which is born from the Supreme. However, spiritual lust and material
lust are as completely different as gold and iron. Only one who is very
highly elevated in spiritual realization can understand the lusty feelings
exchanged between Radha and Krsna, or between Krsna and the damsels
of Vraja. Therefore, unless one is very experienced and advanced in
spiritual realization, he is forbidden to discuss the lusty feelings of Krsna
and the gopis. However, if one is a sincere and pure devotee, the material
lust in his heart is completely vanquished as he discusses the lusty feel-
ings between the gopis and Krsna, and he makes quick progress in
spiritual life.

TEXT 6
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4 GT AMMA = SeeTTMTT migea STACATTARIGAT
Waa BRA AA Il & II
sa eva bhagavan ananto ’nanta-gunarnava adi-deva upasamhrtamarsa-
rosa-vego lokdnam svastaya aste.

sah—that; eva—certainly; bhagavén—the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; anantah—Anantadeva; ananta-guna-arnavah—the reservoir
of unlimited transcendental qualities; ddi-devah—the original Lord. or
nondifferent from the original Supreme Personality of Godhead:
