190 TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTI
world. They know what they don’t want, but they do not know what they
do want. People are always saying, ‘‘I don’t want this.’ But what do they
want? That they do not know.

What one should actually want is explained by Kuntidevi. She says,
‘‘Let my family relationships cease, but let my relationship with You be
confirmed.”’ In other words, she does not want to be attracted to any-
thing but Krsna. This is perfection, and this is actually wanted.

The word ananya-visaya means ananya-bhakti, undeviating devotional
service. We must simply be attached to Krsna twenty-four hours a day
without deviation. In this way our renunciation can be perfect. If we
think we can be attached to Krsna and material things at the same time,
we are mistaken. We cannot ignite a fire and at the same time pour water
on it. If we do, the fire will not act.

The Mayavadi sannydsis renounce this world (brahma satyam jagan
mithya). It is very good to preach renunciation of the world, but side by
side we must have attraction for something, otherwise our renunciation
will not remain. We see many Mayavadi sannydsis who say brahma
satyam jagan mithya, but after they take sannydsa they return to the ma-
terial world to open hospitals and do philanthropic work. Why? If they
have left this world, considering it mithyd, false, why do they return to
take up politics, philanthropy, and sociology? Actually this is bound to
happen, for we are living entities and are active. If out of frustration we
try to become inactive, we shall fail in our attempt. We must engage in
activities.

The supreme activity, the Brahman (spiritual) activity, is devotional
service. Unfortunately the Mayavadis do not know this. They think that
the spiritual world is void. However, the spiritual world is exactly like the
material world in that it has varieties. In the spiritual world there are also
houses, trees, roads, chariots—everything is there, but without the ma-
terial inebrieties. As described in Brahma-samhitd (5.29):

cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa-
laksavrtesu surabhir abhipalayantam
laksmi-sahasra-Sata-sambhrama-sevyamanam
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
“IT worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tend-
ing the cows, yielding all desires, in abodes built with spiritual gems, sur-
rounded by millions of purpose trees, and always served with great
