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TEXT 11 ku-TaSTaSYaaNau>aav>SYaataeJa wRXaTvMaevva ) Yaae_NvGaC^&ińYa&YaaNTaq&%rvTPaadTaai@Ta> ))11))
One might question the king: “Being the undisputed ruler of the entire earth, how could you fall into such a pathetic condition?” The answer is: “What was the use of my opulence, prowess, and influence? Even after being rejected by Urvaçé, I ran after her, just like an ass being kicked in the face by a she-ass.”
For the pleasure of the association of a female ass, a male ass may receive only kicks in his face. Similarly, because the spirit of enjoyment is very strong in conditioned souls, who sometimes must face unbearable insults and inconveniences, he remains attached to the objects of the senses, especially the form of a beautiful woman.
ik&-ivŰYaaik&-TaPaSaaik&-TYaaGaeNaé[uTaeNava ) ik&-iviv˘e-NaMaaENaeNańqi>aYaRSYaMaNaaeôTaMa( ))12))
What is the use of a comprehensive education, the practice of austerities and renunciation, a lengthy study of the religious scriptures, or living in solitude if, after all that, one’s mind is stolen by a woman? COMMENTARY King Aila thought, “All kinds of endeavors are useless for a person like me.” PURPORT One’s power of discrimination, performance of austerities, receiving instructions for spiritual advancement, residing in a solitary place, and detachment from sense gratification can be destroyed in a moment by the association of a beautiful woman. If one follows the example of the gopés of Vĺndävana, who accepted Lord Çré Kĺńëa as their paramour, one can free one’s mind from the contamination of lust. TEXT 13 SvaQaRSYaak-aeivd&iDax(Maa&MaU%|Pai<@TaMaaiNaNaMa( ) Yaae_hMaqěrTaa&Pa[aPYańqi>aGaaeR%rviÂTa> ))13))
Being maddened by desires for sense enjoyment, foolish people, although they consider themselves to be very intelligent and learned, actually suffer while serving their animalistic propensities while enjoying the company of women. Only by the mercy of the spiritual master and saintly persons can one gradually understand that such an engagement is actually abominable. The condition of those who are intoxicated by material enjoyment so that they have become menial servants of lust is undoubtedly pathetic. 640 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ TEXT 14 SaevTaaevzRPaUGaaNMae ovRXYaa ADaraSavMa( ) NaTa*PYaTYaaTMa>aU>k-aMaaeviörahuiTai>aYaRQaa ))14))
Even after I had tasted the nectar of Urvaçé’s lips for many years, my lusty desires kept rising within my heart because they were never satisfied, just like a fire, which is never extinguished by the oblations of ghee poured into its flames. COMMENTARY King Aila lamented, “The lusty desires within my heart never became satiated, even after enjoying the association of Urvaçé for many years.”
Pau&ęLYaaPaôTa&icta&k-aeNvNYaaeMaaeicTau&Pa[>au> ) AaTMaaraMaeěrMa*Tae>aGavNTaMaDaae+aJaMa( ))15))
How did this change of heart take place? How did King Aila become detached from the desire to drink the nectar of Urvaçé’s lips? The answer is given herein. He thought, “Who other than the Supreme Lord would be able to deliver me? Even self-satisfied sages cannot change the heart of a person like me, who is extremely fond of sensual pleasures. But, the master of all self-realized souls, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, certainly can accomplish this.”
Those who depend upon their knowledge gained by sense perception are always disturbed in mind. As long as one does not experience satisfaction in the self in his
The Aila-gétä 641 relationship with the Supreme Lord, one’s attraction for the objects of the senses will continue. However, such an ignorant condition of life is immediately dissipated when one acts under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master. However, those who are sense enjoyers have a weakness of heart that causes them to take shelter of women, posing themselves as enjoyers. By being tempted by material enjoyment and thus avoiding the service of the Supreme Lord, one will never achieve freedom from the bondage of material existence. TEXT 16 baeiDaTaSYaaiPadeVYaaMaeSaU˘-vaKYaeNaduMaRTae> ) MaNaaeGaTaaeMahaMaaehaeNaaPaYaaTYaiJaTaaTMaNa> ))16))
In the Ninth Canto of the Çrémad-Bhägavatam, it is seen that Urvaçé frankly instructed Purüravä that he should never place his faith in a woman. Still, he became attached to her and as a result, he suffered. PURPORT The uncontrolled sense enjoyer, Purüravä, could not seriously take the good advice of Urvaçé. Until one realizes that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the only enjoyer and that all women should be regarded as spiritual masters, one’s mentality will not be purified of the contamination of lust.
ik-MaeTaYaaNaae_Pak*-Ta&rJJvavaSaPaRceTaSa> ) d]íu>SvćPaaivduzaeYaae_h&YadiJaTaeiNd]Ya> ))17))
642 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ How can I blame her for my difficulties when it is I who acted out of ignorance? I did not control my senses, and so I am like a person who mistakes a rope for a snake. COMMENTARY It was said that Pururavä’s heart had been captured by the prostitute. Now, the king says, “Whatever happened was my fault and not hers. One who mistakes a rope for a snake suffers fear and anxiety due to being deluded. Because I considered her to be enjoyable by me, it was my ignorance that was the cause of my suffering, and not her personally.” PURPORT To consider the objects of material nature to be meant for one’s enjoyment instead of being employed in the service of the master of nature, the Supreme Lord, is an example of illusion. Such an illusion is like accepting a rope as a snake. Although a rope cannot bite and thus is not an actual cause of fear, one who mistakes a rope for a snake becomes frightened. Similarly, the misconception of considering one’s self to be the lord of all he surveys creates bewilderment in the mind of the conditioned soul. The Supreme Lord and His energies are worshipable for the living entities but the conditioned souls invite inauspiciousness by seeing everything as enjoyable for themselves. The constitutional position of the living entity is to serve the senses of the master of the senses with one’s purified senses. One should be cognizant of his fallen position and thus remain humbler than a blade of grass so that the allurements of temporary enjoyment will no longer hamper his advancement in Kĺńëa consciousness.
KvaYa&Mal/IMaSa>k-YaaedaEGaRNDYaaŰaTMak-ae_Xauic> ) KvGau King Aila thought, “The so-called beauty, sweetness, and other attractive qualities possessed by Urvaçé were not the cause of my illusion. Such qualities were imagined by
The Aila-gétä 643 me because of ignorance. This material body, which is subject to transformation, cannot be ultimate reality. The sweet aroma, fresh youth, and other attractive qualities are simply illusions created by material nature, and yet I foolishly attributed such characteristics to Urvaçé herself.”
The material body is awarded to one who desires to enjoy independently from the Supreme Lord, and it is stated herein that it is impure and essentially disgusting. When the living entity, by misuse of his minute independence, deviates from his constitutional duty, he is placed in ignorance and becomes afflicted with material miseries. Thus the mind, which is either engaged in sense gratification, distressed due to a lack of it, or in a mood of renunciation as a result of frustration, is certainly overcome by delusion. When one withdraws his senses from their objects, knowing that everything in existence is owned and controlled by the Lord, who is the supreme enjoyer, one comes to the platform of auspiciousness. TEXTS 19-20 iPa}aae>ik&-Sv&Nau>aaYaaRYaa>SvaiMaNaae_Gane>ěGa*Da]Yaae> ) ik-MaaTMaNa>ik&-SauôdaiMaiTaYaaeNaavSaqYaTae ))19)) TaiSMaNk-le/vre_MaeDYaeTauC^iNaďeivzÂTae ) AhaeSau>ad]&SauNaSa&SauiSMaTa&cMau%&ińYa> ))20))
644 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ COMMENTARY Attachment for material body is simply due to ignorance. This is being stressed in these verses. Does the body belong to the parents, who gave birth to it? Does it belong to one’s wife, who supplies it sense gratification? Does it belong to the husband who enjoys it? After death, the body is burnt—does that mean that it belongs to the fire? If the body is not burnt, it may be thrown to the jackals and vultures. Does the body belong to them? Or, does it belong to the soul who is responsible for its pleasant and unpleasant conditions? Does this body belong to one’s well-wishers because they encourage it? This material body is temporary, insignificant, and abominable, and ultimately abandoned. Therefore, glorification of the material body is certainly an act of foolishness.
The relationships established between one person and another in this material world are based upon the material body. All such relationships, such as those of parents and children, wife and husband, fire and the burning body, dogs and jackals and their food—the dead body, as well as one’s relationship with well-wishers and enemies, are temporarily manifested. TEXT 21 Tvx(Maa&SaĺiDarňaYauMaedaeMaÂaiSQaSa&hTaaE ) iv King Aila thought, “What is the difference between me and the worm that enjoys the material body, which is composed of obnoxious substances, such as stool, urine, and pus?”
What is the distinction between worms and human beings who consider the material body, which is a bag of stool, urine, blood, bones, pus, and so forth, as the self and are attached to sense gratification?
The Aila-gétä TEXT 22 AQaaiPaNaaePaSaÂeTańqzuńE ivzYaeiNd]YaSa&YaaeGaaNMaNa>+au>YaiTaNaaNYaQaa ))22))
After carefully considering the nature of the material body, one who is wise should neither associate with women, nor those who are addicted to women. After all, as soon as there is proximity between the senses and their objects, the mind is sure to become agitated. COMMENTARY Although the body of a woman is composed of abominable substances, a man becomes attached to it. Therefore, the Supreme Lord is herein recommending that one should not intimately associate with members of the opposite sex. One who is wise, being aware of his real self-interest, should not allow himself to become attached to the body of a woman. Even if one must see women in the course of one’s daily activities, he should stay aloof from their intimate association. As soon as the senses come in contact with their objects, the mind becomes agitated. PURPORT Sense enjoyers are always busy directing their minds to the objects of gratification. When one renders practical devotional service to the Supreme Lord, objects related to the Lord’s service will become the subject of one’s attention rather than objects meant for one’s personal gratification. In this way, by diverting the mind to the service of the Lord, the inclination for material enjoyment or false renunciation will be subdued. TEXT 23 Ad*íadé[uTaaŮavaNNa>aav oPaJaaYaTae ) ASaMPa[YauĹTa>Pa[a 646 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ COMMENTARY One may question, “Doesn’t the mind of a sage who lives in a solitary forest sometimes become agitated while contemplating sense gratification?” This is true but such an experience is due to previous sense gratification that one repeatedly experienced, saw, or heard about. If a person withdraws his senses from their objects, especially from intimate association with women, the mind will gradually become steady as material desires become extinguished, like a fire without fuel. PURPORT The mind always engages its servant, the eyes, in seeing beautiful forms, and engages the ears in hearing pleasant sounds, and so forth. If one refrains from hearing the glories of the master of the senses, Lord Kĺńëa, being induced by the material conception of life, one will be forced to act as the servant of his senses, which act under the dictation of the restless mind. TEXT 24 TaSMaaTSa®aeNak-TaRVYa>ńqzuńE ivduza&caPYaivóBDa>zÍGaR>ik-MauMaad*XaaMa( ))24))
The six enemies of the mind are lust, anger, greed, pride, illusion, and envy, and they are never to be trusted.
Materialistic people are attached to the objects of sense gratification, headed by women. The knowledge that is acquired by sense perception and mental speculation is unsteady. If this is the case of even learned persons, then what can be said of unabashed sense enjoyers? Therefore, it is herein advised that one completely give up the association of women, and those who are attached to women. The thinking, feeling, and willing of the mind must be employed in enhancing one’s devotional service to Lord Kĺńëa.
The Aila-gétä TEXT 25 é[q>aGavaNauvac Wv&Pa[GaaYaNNa*Padevdev>SaovRXaql/aek-MaQaaeivhaYa ) AaTMaaNaMaaTMaNYavGaMYaMaa&vE oPaarMaJjaANaivDaUTaMaaeh> ))25)) çré-bhagavän uväca evaŕ pragäyan nĺpa-deva-devaů sa urvaçé-lokam atho vihäya ätmänam ätmany avagamya mäŕ vai upäramaj jďäana-vidhüta-mohaů 647 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: After chanting this song, Mahäräja Purüravä, foremost among the demigods and human beings, gave up his position in the planet of Urvaçé. His illusion dispelled by transcendental knowledge, he understood Me to be the Supreme Soul within his heart, and so finally achieved peace. COMMENTARY The Supreme Lord said: King Pururavä, the best of kings and demigods, realized Me to be the object of love and thereafter left his body.
While singing the Aila-géta, Pururavä made up his mind to leave the abode of Urvaçé. Realizing the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be the shelter of all rasa, and understanding that attachment to imperfect mundane rasa is an act of ignorance, King Pururavä gave up all aspirations for material enjoyment.
TaTaaedu>Sa®MauTSa*JYaSaTSauSaÂeTabuiÖMaaNa( ) SaNTa WvaSYai^NdiNTaMaNaaeVYaaSa®Maui˘-i>a> ))26))
648 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ COMMENTARY Material attachment must be renounced and the association of devotees must be pursued. It is the instructions of the devotees of the Lord that are able to vanquish one’s strong attachment to sense gratification. Pious acts, visits to holy places, the demigods, and knowledge of the scriptures do not have such power. PURPORT For the benefit of those who would follow in the footsteps of Uddhava in the future, the Supreme Lord narrated the history of how Pururavä became a servant of Urvaçé, desiring to enjoy her attractive feminine features, and yet this put him into great danger. Here, we see how the king obtained auspiciousness by renouncing the mentality of being an enjoyer. The conclusion is that an intelligent person should free himself from the thirst for material enjoyment by receiving the pure and powerful instructions of saintly persons. Such instructions help one to become strongly situated in Kĺńëa consciousness and thus automatically rise above the platform of duality, which is based on ignorance.
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