Tuesday, February 3, 2015

When the pleasure of love interferes with the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the devotee becomes angry toward such ecstasy


CC Ādi 4.197 There is another natural symptom of the gopīs’ love that shows it to be without a trace of lust.
CC Ādi 4.198 The love of the gopīs nourishes the sweetness of Lord Kṛṣṇa. That sweetness in turn increases their love, for they are greatly satisfied.
CC Ādi 4.199 The happiness of the abode of love is in the happiness of the object of that love. This is not a relationship of desire for personal gratification.
CC Ādi 4.200-201 Whenever there is unselfish love, that is its style. The reservoir of love derives pleasure when the lovable object is pleased. When the pleasure of love interferes with the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the devotee becomes angry toward such ecstasy.
CC Ādi 4.202 “Śrī Dāruka did not relish his ecstatic feelings of love, for they caused his limbs to become stunned and thus obstructed his service of fanning Lord Kṛṣṇa.”
CC Ādi 4.203 “The lotus-eyed Rādhārāṇī powerfully condemned the ecstatic love that caused a flow of tears that hindered Her sight of Govinda.”
 
When due to devotional service we get some material comforts  do I relish in them or do I put them aside seeing them to be a distraction in my service?

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