52 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 18

PURPORT

King Yayati, although externally seeming very fond of material enjoy-
ment, was internally thinking of becoming an eternal servant of the

Lord.

TEXT 51

uy aqagenfy aaTeaaaay
Tash aaa aT: nafs Teal

evam varsa-sahasrani
manah-sasthair manah-sukham

vidadhdéno ’pi natrpyat
sdrva-bhaumah kad-indriyaih

evam—in this way; varsa-sahasrdni—for one thousand years;
manah-sasthaih—by the mind and five knowledge-acquiring senses;
manah-sukham—temporary happiness created by the mind;
vidadhanah—executing; api—although; na atrpyat—could not be
satisfied; sdrva-bhaumah—although he was the king of the entire
world; kat-indriyaih—because of possessing impure senses.

TRANSLATION
Although Maharaja Yayati,was the king of the entire world and

he engaged his mind and five senses in enjoying material posses-
sions for one thousand years, he was unable to be satisfied.

PURPORT

The kad-indriya, or unpurified senses, can be purified if one
engages the senses and the mind in Krsna consciousness. Sarvopadhi-
vinirmuktam tat-paratvena nirmalam. One must be freed from all desig-
nations. When one. identifies himself with the material world, his senses
are impure. But when one achieves spiritual realization and identifies
himself as a servant of the Lord, his senses are purified immediately.
Engagement of the purified senses in the service of the Lord is called
bhakti. Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate. One may enjoy the
