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Another demand of the karmis is that "I must have very nice, beautiful, obedient wife." Caitanya Mahaprabhu said: "No, I don't want that." Na dhanam. This is finishing materialism

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Caitanya Mahāprabhu says: "I don't want. I don't want riches. I don't want many followers." Na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ kavitāṁ vā jagadīśa kāmaye. Another demand of the karmīs is that "I must have very nice, beautiful, obedient wife." Caitanya Mahāprabhu said: "No, I don't want that." Na dhanam. This is finishing materialism.

Vaiṣṇava philosophers, they want that mukti. They want to keep . . . nitya-yukta upāsate. Nitya-yukta. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, nitya-yukta upāsata. The upāsana, the worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead—man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru (BG 18.65)—this is not stopped after liberation. The same business goes on. That is Vaiṣṇava philosophy. Vaiṣṇava, even if he is offered mukti . . . dīyamānaṁ na gṛhṇanti. Even if he's offered that, "You take mukti," they do not accept it. Caitanya Mahāprabhu said in His prayer to the Supreme Lord:

na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ
kavitāṁ vā jagadīśa kāmaye
mama janmani janmanīśvare
bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi
(CC Antya 20.29, Śikṣāṣṭaka 4)

Na dhanaṁ na janam. The karmīs, they are hankering after wealth, riches, great following, great dependents. Na dhanaṁ na janam. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu says: "I don't want. I don't want riches. I don't want many followers." Na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ kavitāṁ vā jagadīśa kāmaye. Another demand of the karmīs is that "I must have very nice, beautiful, obedient wife." Caitanya Mahāprabhu said: "No, I don't want that." Na dhanam. This is finishing materialism.

In the material world people want these three things: dhanam, janam and sundarīṁ kavitā. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ kavitāṁ vā jagadīśa kāmaye. "Then mukti? You take mukti?" "No." Mama janmani janmanīśvare bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī (CC Antya 20.29, Śikṣāṣṭaka 4): "I don't want to finish My repetition of birth and death also." That is called mukti.

Page Title:Another demand of the karmis is that "I must have very nice, beautiful, obedient wife." Caitanya Mahaprabhu said: "No, I don't want that." Na dhanam. This is finishing materialism
Compiler:Soham
Created:2024-01-28, 14:02:55.000
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
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