2011-11-11 Srimad Bhagavatam 10.03.39 - Developing Intense Love for Krishna (download mp3)
by Prahlada Priya Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 10.3.39
ajusta-gramya-visayav
anapatyau ca dam-pati
na vavrathe 'pavargam me
mohitau deva-mayaya
Translation:
Being husband and wife but always sonless, you were attracted by sexual desires, for by the influence of devamaya, transcendental love, you wanted to have Me as your son. Therefore you never desired to be liberated from this material world.
Purport:
Vasudeva and Devaki had been dam-pati, husband and wife, since the time of Sutapa and Prsni, and they wanted to remain husband and wife in order to have the Supreme Personality of Godhead as their son. This attachment came about by the influence of devamaya. Loving Krsna as one's son is a Vedic principle. Vasudeva and Devaki never desired anything but to have the Lord as their son, yet for this purpose they apparently wanted to live like ordinary grhasthas for sexual indulgence. Although this was a transaction of spiritual potency, their desire appears like attachment for sex in conjugal life. If one wants to return home, back to Godhead, one must give up such desires. This is possible only when one develops intense love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has said:
niskiñcanasya bhagavad-bhajanonmukhasya
param param jigamisor bhava-sagarasya
(Cc. Madhya 11.8)
If one wants to go back home, back to Godhead, one must be niskiñcana, free from all material desires. Therefore, instead of desiring to have the Lord come here and become one's son, one should desire to become free from all material desires (anyabhilasita-sunyam [Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
na dhanam na janam na sundarim
kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye
mama janmani janmanisvare
bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi
[Cc. Antya 20.29, Siksastaka 4]
"O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service, birth after birth." One should not ask the Lord to fulfill any materially tainted desires.
