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Fire in the. Match
46)
As
there is fragrance in the rose, oil in sesame seeds, ghee in milk, fire in the
match, and sugar in sugar cane, know for certain, my friend, that there is an
individual essential spiritual spark housed within the body.
47)
As
a car cannot move without a driver so the body cannot move without the guidance
of the soul, the real self.
48) With just a little reasoning you can
understand the existence of the individual soul within your body. Once you had
a baby's body, but now your body is fully grown. You have a different body now,
but you remain the same person.
49) You say "my hand" or
"my leg," not "I hand" or "I leg." So it is clear
that you possess your body, but that it is not the true self. You are not your
body; you are pure spirit soul.
50) The spiritual spark is described in Svetasvataro
Upanishad (5.9) as being about l/10,000th the size of the tip of a hair.
But is it any a wonder that such an incredibly small particle can control the
movements of the vastly larger gross body when even a small boy perched atop an
elephant can control the great beast by means of a stick?
51)
A
traveler stranded in the desert becomes thirsty to the point of madness upon
seeing a mirage, although the "water" he sees is but an illusory
representation of genuine water. Similarly, all are searching after love, but
we are frustrated by lust at every step. Here in this material world we find
only the perverted reflection of love. As the real water the traveler seeks can
be found in lakes and streams, so genuine and fulfilling love exists only with
Shri Krishna.
52)
Lick
the outside of a jar and you will never taste the sweet honey within.
Similarly, mental speculation can keep you forever outside the pale of devotional
service.
53)
Yet
how great and good the devotees' fortune! They are just like effulgent full
moons! Just as no one complains of a spot on the face of the full moon, so pure
devotees are considered to be faultless. Even if a temporary flaw or worldly
tendency may arise in their character they are rectified by Lord Krishna. Mayavadis,
habituated to denying any intelligence in God, are truly honeycombed with
faults, for how can a void rectify anything?
54)
Just
as a government servant aspires after the very post he serves, so an
impersonalist may pose himself as the Lords servant, although he actually
hankers after becoming God.
55) From the mountains, water furiously
rushes ever downward to the ocean, yet the sea remains calm. But when the full
moon appears in the sky, the ocean goes mad. Similarly, the devotee remains
unmoved before material desires, yet he becomes ecstatic when Krishna appears
to him.
56)
Chanakya
Pandit said, "At night the sky becomes beautiful in intimate association
with the moon. A state is organized by a good government. A young lady appears
very beautiful in the presence of her husband. And even an ugly person can
appear beautiful if he is learned." Prabhupada says, "Similarly,
everything becomes attractive if Krishna is there."
57)
Narada
Pancharatra advises hrishikena
hrishikesha sevanam bhaktir uchyate: "Serve the Lord of the senses
with purified senses." For the sincere seeker there is no other recourse.