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are already controlled. Param drstvd nivartate (Bg. 2.59). A devotee’s
senses are not attracted by material enjoyment. And even though the ma-
terial world is full of misery, the devotee considers this material world to
be also spiritual because everything is engaged in the service of the Lord.
The difference between the spiritual world and material world is the
mentality of service. Nirbandhah krsna-sambandhe yuktam vairdgyam
ucyate. When there is no mentality of service to the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, one’s activities are material.
praparici-katayad buddhya
hari-sambandhi-vastunah
mumuksubhih paritydgo
vairagyam phalgu kathyate
(Bhakti-rasémrta-sindhu 1.2.256)
That which is not engaged in the service of the Lord is material, and
nothing thus engaged should be given up. In the construction of a high
skyscraper and the construction of a temple, there may be the same en-
thusiasm, but the endeavors are different, for one is material and the
other spiritual. Spiritual activities should not be confused with material
activities and given up. Nothing connected with Hari, the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, is material. A devotee who considers all this is al-
ways situated in spiritual activities, and therefore he is no longer
attracted by material activities (param drstvd nivartate).
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sa ittham bhakti-yogena
tapo-yuktena parthivah
sva-dharmena harim prinan
sarvan kdman Sanair jahau
sah—he (Ambarisa Maharaja); ittham—in this way; bhakti-yogena—
by performing transcendental loving service to the Lord; tapah-
