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He has no material desires that is how, and beyond karma and jnana. Karma means to perform Sacrifice and yoga and some pious activities so that one can live comfortably in heavenly planets and birth in a house of a Brahman, four things that are available in the world Janma-aisvarya-sruta-sri. Janma means to take birth in good house, this is possible by pious activities, by following karma kanda process, if one has performed very pious activities, they take birth is a rich man's house, very learned Brahmans house, in the house of a demigod, all this happens, there is lot of comforts, lot of money Janma-aisvarya-sruta, they become learned also and they also are very beautiful, these things happen by pious activities, so by karma kanda process, to obtain these four things, they perform many ritualistic activities, but devotional service is beyond fruitive activities, imagine that by good activities you got a birth in heavenly planets, but what is the use. It is mentioned in Bhagavad Gita Ksine punye punar martya-lokam visanti, when the pious activities are exhausted, then you will have to come back here, God himself also says abrahma-bhuvanal lokaḥ punar avartino 'rjuna [Bg. 8.16]. Arjuna, if you go to Brahman loka also, in that also you will have to come back here punar avartino 'rjuna, but if you go to my abode you will not have to return to this world again, this is the instruction of the scriptures. That is why, a devotee of Krishna why is he without any material desires, because in this universe, he is not in need of anything. He is not in want of Heavenly planets or Brahma's planet and Patala loka, Nara loka whatever there is he rejects all that, they only want Krishna nothing else, that is why they are free from material desires, they don't want anything, that God give me this, give me that, that is why Devotional service is anyabhilasita-sūnyam jnana-karmady-anavrtam, not mixed devotion, devotion mixed with fruitive work, devotion mixed with jnana, just like there are many, who discuss about knowledge and add devotional service to it, but the objective is that we become one with God, that is not devotional service that is not pure devotional service. Pure devotional service means for all the time one is a servant of God as master and his devotee his servant Nitya-yukta upasate, this is great soul, nitya yukta, nitya means one who is already liberated, such kind of person is also engaged in the service of God, not that I got liberation and now I have nothing to do with God, I am also God, no, this is not pure devotional service, this is mixed devotion. Pure devotional service is this as Caitanya Mahaprabhu explains mama janmani janmanisvare bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi. Na dhanam na janam na sundarim kavitam , karmis want these things, Karmis say, let me have lot of money, let me have a beautiful wife and many people should follow me, this is what karmis want. Na dhanam na janam na sundarim kavitam¸ this are the thoughts of a karmi, so Caitanya Mahaprabhu says no I don't want all these things and jnani thinks that I shall be liberated and become one with God, that is why Caitanya Mahaprabhu says mama janmani janmani, because those who are liberated, may be that they become one with God or, there are five kinds of liberations, in that sahujya liberation is that, if one desires he can merge into the bodily effulgence of God, so jnani, thinks that this repetition of material birth and deaths should be finished and merge in the existence of God, this is the thought of a jnani, but Caitanya Mahaprabhu says no mama janmani janmani, if one becomes liberated then how there will be birth again. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu says janmani janmani, let me take birth many times there is no worries, but in any birth, I may have unconditional devotion at your Lotus feet, this is my prayer. Just like, Bhaktivinoda Thakur, a Vaisnava Acarhya, he says kita-janma hou jatha tuya dasa, O my Lord I am praying to you, that if I have to take birth again, then give me birth in a place where there is your devotee, even if I become an insect in a devotee's house that is alright and bahir-mukha brahma-janma nahi mora asa, if I get a birth as Brahma and I do not have devotion, such a birth I don't want, that is why the devotees are desireless. To become a devotee is not an ordinary thing, that is why Caitanya Mahaprabhu explained that within millions of liberated persons, very few are devotees, it is not a ordinary thing. Many of those who are liberated, in this way, out of millions of them, it is difficult to find one pure devotee of Krsna. The position of a devotee of Krsna is very high, because he purchases God. God is bound in the fist of a devotee, this is devotee's position. Vedesu durlabham adurlabham atma-bhaktau [Bs 5.33], by reading Vedas and Vedanta, and discussing knowledge, what is God one cannot understand, but if one gets association of a pure devotee of the Lord, then he can give you God very easily, this is the power of a devotee. Devotee has so much strength that if you satisfy a devotee, then if he desires, he can take God in his hands, these are the words of the scriptures, Brahma Samhita. It is said in Brahma Sahmita,    (More...)

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