Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.170

ihāke kahiye krishne dridha anurāga

svaccha dhauta-vastre yaiche nāhi kona dāga

SYNONYMS

ihāke — this; kahiye — I say; krishne — in Lord Krishna; dridha — strong; anurāga — love; svaccha — pure; dhauta — clean; vastre — in cloth; yaiche — just as; nāhi — not; kona — some; dāga — mark.

TRANSLATION

That is called firm attachment to Lord Krishna. It is spotlessly pure, like a clean cloth that has no stain.

PURPORT

The author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmrita advises everyone to give up all engagements of sense gratification and, like the gopīs, dovetail oneself entirely with the will of the Supreme Lord. That is the ultimate instruction of Krishna in the Bhagavad-gītā. We should be prepared to do anything and everything to please the Lord, even at the risk of violating the Vedic principles or ethical laws. That is the standard of love of Godhead. Such activities in pure love of Godhead are as spotless as white linen that has been completely washed. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura warns us in this connection that we should not mistakenly think that the idea of giving up everything implies the renunciation of duties necessary in relation to the body and mind. Even such duties are not sense gratification if they are undertaken in a spirit of service to Krishna.

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