Madhya 19.161

TEXT 161

TEXT

প্রথমেই উপশাখার করয়ে ছেদন ।
তবে মূলশাখা বাড়ি' যায় বৃন্দাবন ॥ ১৬১ ॥

prathamei upasakhara karaye chedana

tabe mula-sakha badi' yaya vrndavana

SYNONYMS

prathamei-from the very beginning; upasakhara-of the unwanted creepers; karaye-does; chedana-the cutting away; tabe-then only; mula-sakha-the chief creeper; badi'-increasing; yaya-goes; vrndavana-to the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krsna in Vrndavana.

TRANSLATION

"As soon as an intelligent devotee sees an unwanted creeper growing beside the original creeper, he must cut it down instantly. Then the real creeper of bhakti-lata-bija grows nicely, returns home, back to Godhead, and seeks shelter under the lotus feet of Krsna.

PURPORT

If one is misled by unwanted creepers and is victimized, he cannot make progress back to Godhead. Rather, he remains within the material world and engages in activities having nothing to do with pure devotional service. Such a person may be elevated to the higher planetary systems, but because he remains within the material world, he is subjected to the threefold material miseries.