Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 19.214

krishna vina trishna-tyaga -- tara karya mani

ataeva 'santa' krishna-bhakta eka jani

SYNONYMS

krishna vina -- without Krishna; trishna-tyaga -- giving up all desires; tara -- of santa-rasa; karya -- the business; mani -- I accept; ataeva -- therefore; santa -- the position of equilibrium; krishna-bhakta -- a devotee of Krishna; eka -- only; jani -- I know.

TRANSLATION

"Giving up all desires not connected with Krishna is the business of one who is in santa-rasa. Only a devotee of Krishna can be situated on that platform. He is thus called a santa-rasa-bhakta.

PURPORT

In this position, one is freed from all material enjoyment. When one is not agitated or disturbed, he can immediately realize his relationship with Krishna. A santa-rasa devotee is therefore always fixed in realization. This instruction was given by the Lord Himself to Uddhava. The beginning of pure devotional service is called anyabhilashita-sunya. When one is situated on the platform of neutrality, he is freed from the material platform and fully situated in spiritual life. The word dama, used in verse 213, means indriya-samyama -- curbing one's senses. The word dama can also mean curbing one's enemies. A king has to take steps to curb the criminal activities of his citizens. Great rajarshis, devotee kings, used to control undesirable elements in their states, and this also may be called dama. However, dama here refers to the conditioned soul who must control his senses. Real dama means controlling the undesirable activities of the senses.

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