Pure devotee means he has no other desire, no material desire. Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam, zero. So what is that? Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam (CC Madhya 19.167). Jñāna and karma and bhakti. Bhakti is anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam, but jñāna is abhilāṣi . . . there is desire for liberation: to become one with the Supreme. So that also should be given up. Jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam. Not by covered by the speculative process or fruitive activities. Jñāna-karma . . . ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānuśīlanam: simply favorably cultivating Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Ānukūlyena . . . that is bhaktir uttamā. That is first-class bhakti. And if it is mixed up, anyābhi . . . with material desire or spiritual emancipation or fruitive activities, then it is not pure devotee.
So if you can approach such pure devotee . . . as it is stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā, adurlabham ātma-bhaktau. This is ātma-bhaktau, a pure devotee. He can deliver you Kṛṣṇa: "Take Kṛṣṇa. Here is Kṛṣṇa." Kṛṣṇa-prema . . . that is . . . the symbolic representation is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He's described by Rūpa Gosvāmī:
- namo mahā-vadānyāya
- kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te
- kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya-
- nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ
- (CC Madhya 19.53)
When Rūpa Gosvāmī . . . he was minister in the government of Nawab Hussain Shah. At that time, very exalted personality. He could understand Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission. Therefore when he first met Him at Allahabad, Prayāga, he offered his respect with these words: namo mahā-vadānyāya, the most munificent incarnation. Why? Kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te: "You are distributing kṛṣṇa-prema. It is very difficult to understand Kṛṣṇa, but You are so kind that You are immediately delivering love of Kṛṣṇa."
You can know one person. But to develop love for him, that is another transaction. So people cannot understand even Kṛṣṇa, and what is the saying of Kṛṣṇa's love? But Caitanya Mahāprabhu is so kind that He's immediately giving kṛṣṇa-prema, love of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore He is described as the most munificent incarnation. Kṛṣṇa Himself could not deliver Himself. He wanted, "First of all you surrender." Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66). But Caitanya Mahāprabhu is so kind. Simply through this chanting and dancing, He is distributing love of Kṛṣṇa. You can see practically. These boys from European and American countries, means all over the world, why they are chanting and dancing in this way? Do you think they have become mad? And one says: "Yes, they have become mad." Why? For love of Kṛṣṇa. Now they have began, they have become lover of Kṛṣṇa. So kṛṣṇa-prema is like that. That is through the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.