Text 32] The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone 43
PURPORT

Different persons achieve different types of mukti—sdyujya, sdlokya,
sadriipya, sdmipya and sdrsti—according to their own intense desire,
which is called bhava. Thus it is described here that the gopis, by their
lusty desires, which were based upon their intense love for Krsna, be-
came the most beloved devotees of the Lord. Although the gopis at
Vrndavana expressed their lusty desires in relationship with a paramour
(parakiya-rasa), they actually had no lusty desires. This is significant of
spiritual advancement. Their desires appeared lusty, but actually they
were not the lusty desires of the material world. Caitanya-caritamrta
compares the desires of the spiritual and material world to gold and iron.
Both gold and iron are metal, but there is a vast difference in their value.
The lusty desires of the gopis for Krsna are compared to gold, and ma-
terial lusty desires are compared to iron.

Karnsa and other enemies of Krsna merged into the existence of Brah-
man, but why should Krsna’s friends and devotees have the same posi-
tion? Krsna’s devotees attain the association of the Lord as His constant
companions, either in Vrndavana or in the Vaikuntha planets. Similarly,
although Narada Muni wanders in the three worlds, he has exalted devo-
tion for Narayana (aisvaryaman). The Vrsnis and Yadus and the father
and mother of Krsna in Vrndavana all have familial relationships with
Krsna; Krsna’s foster father and mother in Vrndavana, however, are
more exalted than Vasudeva and Devaki.

TEXT 32
SITASlG 4 Fa: AIat Tet Ala |
TAG SAAT Aa: Ft FAI UA
katanto ’pi na venah syat
paficanam purusam prati
tasmat kenadpy updyena
manah krsne nivesayet

katamah api—anyone; na—not; venah—the atheistic King Vena;
syat—would adopt; paficandm—of the five (previously mentioned);
purusam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prati—in regard to:
