Chapter
2. Contents of the Gita Summarized
TEXT 70
apuryamanam
acala-pratistham
samudram apah pravisanti yadvat
tadvat kama yam pravisanti sarve
sa santim apnoti na kama-kami
SYNONYMS
apuryamanam--always
filled; acala-pratistham--steadily situated;samudram--the
ocean; apah--water; pravisanti--enter; yadvat--as;tadvat--so; kamah--desires; yam--unto
one; pravisanti--enter; sarve--all; sah--that
person; santim--peace; apnoti--achieves; na--not; kama-kami--one
who desires to fulfill desires.
TRANSLATION
A
person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires--that enter like
rivers into the ocean which is ever being filled but is always still--can alone
achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires.
PURPORT
Although
the vast ocean is always filled with water, it is always, especially during the
rainy season, being filled with much more water. But the ocean remains the
same--steady; it is not agitated, nor does it cross beyond the limit of its
brink. That is also true of a person fixed in Krsna consciousness. As long as
one has the material body, the demands of the body for sense gratification will
continue. The devotee, however, is not disturbed by such desires because of his
fullness. A Krsna conscious man is not in need of anything because the Lord
fulfills all his material necessities. Therefore he is like the ocean--always
full in himself. Desires may come to him like the waters of the rivers that
flow into the ocean, but he is steady in his activities, and he is not even
slightly disturbed by desires for sense gratification. That is the proof of a
Krsna conscious man--one who has lost all inclinations for material sense
gratification, although the desires are present. Because he remains satisfied
in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, he can remain steady, like
the ocean, and therefore enjoy full peace. Others, however, who fulfill desires
even up to the limit of liberation, what to speak of material success, never
attain peace. The fruitive workers, the salvationists, and also the yogis who are
after mystic powers, are all unhappy because of unfulfilled desires. But the
person in Krsna consciousness is happy in the service of the Lord, and he has
no desires to be fulfilled. In fact, he does not even desire liberation from
the so-called material bondage. The devotees of Krsna have no material desires,
and therefore they are in perfect peace.
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