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two men—her husband and her paramour—she cannot maintain her at-
tachment for both. Her attachment will increase for her paramour. Al-
though she may work at her husband’s home very nicely, her mind will
be attached to her paramour, and she will think, ‘‘When shall I meet him
tonight?’’ In the same way, if we increase our attachment for Krsna,
detachment or renunciation of this material world will automatically
come (bhaktih paresdnubhavo viraktir anyatra ca, Bhag. 11.2.42).

Thus Kuntidevi prays to Krsna that He may grant her His mercy by
which she can become attached to Him. We cannot increase our attach-
ment for Krsna without Krsna’s mercy. We cannot become devotees
without Krsna’s mercy; therefore we simply have to serve Krsna, for by
service Krsna is satisfied.

Krsna does not require anyone’s service, for He is perfect in Himself.
However, if we give Him service wholeheartedly and sincerely, then, by
His mercy, we shall make advancement. Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau svayam
eva sphuraty adah. God will reveal Himself to us. We cannot see God with
our blunt eyes. How then can we see Him? Premdfjana-cchurita-bhakti-
vilocanenal santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti (Brahma-samhita 5.38).
We have to smear our eyes with the ointment of love; then Krsna will
reveal Himself. Krsna will actually come in front of us.

When Dhruva Maharaja was undergoing penance and meditating upon
the form of Visnu within his heart, the Visnu form suddenly disappeared,
and his meditation broke. Upon opening his eyes, Dhruva Maharaja im-
mediately saw Visnu before him. Like Dhruva Maharaja, we should al-
ways think of Krsna, and when we attain perfection we shall see Krsna
before us. This is the process. We should not be too hasty. We should
wait for the mature time. Of course, it is good to be eager to see Krsna,
but we should not become discouraged if we do not see Him im-
mediately. If a woman gets married and wants a child immediately, she
will be disappointed. It is not possible to have a child immediately. She
must wait. Similarly, we cannot expect that just because we engage our-
selves in Krsna consciousness we can see Krsna immediately. But we
must have faith that we will see Him. We must have firm faith that be-
cause we are engaged in Krsna consciousness we shall be able to see
Krsna face to face. We should not be disappointed. We should simply go
on with our Krsna conscious activities, and the time will come when we
will see Krsna, just as Kuntidevi sees Him face to face. There is no doubt
about this.

In the Bhagavad-gita it is stated that even if one is sometimes found to
be somewhat misbehaved, he is to be considered saintly if he engages
