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Imported quote 14907 Although Agnidhra, the son of Priyavrata, was practicing mystic yoga and trying to control his senses, the tinkling sound of Pūrvacitti's ankle bells disturbed his practice. Yoga indriya-samyamaḥ: actual yoga practice means controlling the senses. One must practice mystic yoga, to control the senses, but the sense control of a devotee who fully engages in the service of the Lord with his purified senses (hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam) can never be disturbed. Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati therefore stated, durdantendriya-kala-sarpa-patali protkhata-damstra-yate (Caitanya-candramrta 5). The practice of yoga is undoubtedly good because it controls the senses, which are like venomous serpents. When one engages in devotional service, however, completely employing all the activities of the senses in the service of the Lord, the venomous quality of the senses is completely nullified. It is explained that a serpent is to be feared because of its poison fangs, but if those fangs are broken, the serpent, although it seems fearsome, is not at all dangerous. Devotees, therefore, may see hundreds and thousands of beautiful women with fascinating bodily movements and gestures but not be allured, whereas such women would make ordinary yogis fall. Even the advanced yogi Visvamitra broke his mystic practice to unite with Menaka and beget a child known as Sakuntala. The practice of mystic yoga, therefore, is not sufficiently strong to control the senses. Another example is Prince Agnidhra, whose attention was drawn to the movements of Pūrvacitti, the Apsara, simply because he heard the tinkling of her ankle bells. In the same way that Visvamitra Muni was attracted by the tinkling bangles of Menaka, Prince Agnidhra, upon hearing the tinkling bangles of Pūrvacitti, immediately opened his eyes to see her beautiful movements as she walked. The prince was also very handsome. As described herein, his eyes were just like the buds of lotus flowers. As he opened his lotuslike eyes, he could immediately see that the Apsara was present by his side.
(More...) Imported quote 17507 So kaivalyam narakayate tri-dasa-pūra akasa-puspayate. Karmis, they want to go to the heavenly planet. This is the sarcastic remark upon the karmis. And kaivalyam narakayate, a sarcastic remark upon the jnanis. They want to become..., want to become one. Kaivalyam narakayate tri-dasa-pūra akasa-puspayate, durdanta indriya-kala-sarpa-patali protkhata-damstrayate [Caitanya-candramrta 5]. Durdanta indriya. Our senses are very powerful, durdanta. We cannot control. Just like snake. A snakes..., if you get some snakes here, it is very difficult to control. If you go to control, immediately it will bite, and your life is finished. But mantrausadhi, those who know mantra and osadhi, they can control. But common man, they cannot control. But this Prabodhananda Sarasvati says that there is no control. There is no question of control. The snake is horrible, very fearful, so long it has got the poison teeth, visa-danta. So sometimes the physicians, according to Ayurvedic system, they take out the poison from the teeth. They do not kill, but catch, and take out the poison. So if the poison teeth is taken away, the snake is no more fearful. So Prabodhananda Sarasvati says that durdantendriya-kala-sarpa-patali protkhata-damstrayate. Damstrayate. Just like the dentist take away the teeth, similarly, if one snake's poison teeth is taken away, so no, it is no more fearful. In Bengal it is said that visa nai kula pana cakra. So one who knows that this snake's poison teeth is taken away, he's not afraid. But this snake is fearful to the boys, to the children, not to the elderly men.
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