TEXT 51
evam varsa-sahasrani
manah-sasthair manah-sukham
vidadhano pi natrpyat
sarva-bhaumah kad-indriyaih
SYNONYMS
evamin this way; varsa-sahasranifor one thousand years; manah-sasthaihby the mind and five knowledge-acquiring senses; manah-sukhamtemporary happiness created by the mind; vidadhanahexecuting; apialthough; na atrpyatcould not be satisfied; sarva-bhaumahalthough he was the king of the entire world; kat-indriyaihbecause of possessing impure senses.
TRANSLATION
Although Maharaja Yayati was the king of the entire world and he engaged his mind and five senses in enjoying material possessions for one thousand years, he was unable to be satisfied.
PURPORT
The kad-indriya, or unpurified senses, can be purified if one engages the senses and the mind in Krsna consciousness. Sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratvena nirmalam [Cc. Madhya 19.170]. One must be freed from all designations. When one identifies himself with the material world, his senses are impure. But when one achieves spiritual realization and identifies himself as a servant of the Lord, his senses are purified immediately. Engagement of the purified senses in the service of the Lord is called bhakti. Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate. One may enjoy the senses for many thousands of years, but unless one purifies the senses, one cannot be happy.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Eighteenth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled King Yayati Regains His Youth.

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