Text 43] Diti Vows to Kill King Indra 241
of life. When either a man or a woman is advanced in spiritual conscious-
ness, the bodily conception of life practically vanishes. We should see all
women as spiritual units (aham brahmésmi), whose only duty is to
satisfy Krsna. Then the influences of the different modes of material
nature, which result from one’s possessing a material body, will not act.

The Krsna consciousness movement is so beneficial that it can very
easily counteract the contamination of material nature, which results
from one’s possessing a material body. Bhagavad-gita therefore teaches,
in the very beginning, that whether one is a man or a woman, one must
know that he or she is not the body but a spiritual soul. Everyone should
be interested in the activities of the spirit soul, not the body. As long as
one is activated by the bodily conception of life, there is always the
danger of being misled, whether one is a man or a woman. The soul is
sometimes described as purusa because whether one is dressed as a man
or a woman, one is inclined to enjoy this material world. One who has
this spirit of enjoyment is described as purusa. Whether one is a man or a
woman, he is not interested in serving others; everyone is interested in
satisfying his or her own senses. Krsna consciousness, however, provides
first-class training for a man or a woman. A man should be trained to be
a first-class devotee of Lord Krsna, and a woman should be trained to be
a very chaste follower of her husband. That will make the lives of both of
them happy.

TEXT 43
mrad sania TARA TT AAT |
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pratisrutam dadamiti
vacas tan na mrsé bhavet
vadham narhati cendro ‘pi
tatredam upakalpate

pratisrutam—promised; daddmi—I shall give; iti—thus: vacah—
statement; tat—that; na—not; mrsa—false; bhavet—can be; vadham—
killing; na—not; arhati—is suitable; ca—and; indrah—Indra; api—
also; tatra—in that connection; idam—this; upakalpate—is suitable.
