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Just as a drunken man does not notice if he is wearing his coat or shirt, similarly, one who is perfect in self-realization and who has thus achieved his eternal identity does not notice whether the temporary God’s will the body is finished or if by God’s will he obtains a new body, a self-realized soul does not notice, just as a drunken man does not notice the situation of his outward dress.

Just as a drunken man does not notice if he is wearing his coat or shirt, similarly, one who is perfect in self-realization and who has thus achieved his eternal identity does not notice whether the temporary God’s will the body is finished or if by God’s will he obtains a new body, a self-realized soul does not notice, just as a drunken man does not notice the situation of his outward dress.

religious scriptures that teach detachment from mental speculation and material sense gratification, not Such materialistic scriptures do not give attention to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus are One should associate with persons who are cultivating detachment from the material world and not with One should not be spontaneously attracted to busy highways, shopping centers, sports stadiums, and so One should not meditate on lusty women and envious men.

If sometimes one must observe the material world, one should remember that it is not ultimate reality By such constant remembrance up till the time of death, one will not again fall into illusion.

If sometimes one must observe the material world, one should remember that it is not ultimate reality By such constant remembrance up till the time of death, one will not again fall into illusion.

artha — values; dhīḥ — the conception; puṁsaḥ — of a person; na — does not being awake; api — although; svapan — sleeping, dreaming; ajñaḥ — one who does not

A Kṛṣṇa conscious person who has achieved his spiritual identity does not accept sense gratification soul has already achieved his spiritual body and therefore knows that his continued existence does not A liberated soul does not, however, inflict punishment on the body but rather remains neutral, naturally

At such times one should remember that the material world is not actual reality and that therefore one bliss within oneself and by retiring from any material activities of the mind, speech or body, one will not

By clearly seeing the contamination of the modes of nature, he does not become attached.

By clearly seeing the contamination of the modes of nature, he does not become attached.

One who does not control the material senses comes under the control of material desires and is thus

One who does not control the material senses comes under the control of material desires and is thus

It must be understood that giving up the material mind does not mean giving up all mental activities, And not only does the mind reach out to material objects, but also, because of the mind’s desires, the Thus, separation between the mind and sense objects is not actually feasible, nor does it serve any purpose renounce sense gratification, considering it to be ultimately the cause of unhappiness, but one will not

kva ca — sometimes; yadi — if; idam — this material world; avastu — of not — by the consciousness; tyaktam — given up; bhramāya — further illusion; na — not

modes of material nature, namely goodness, passion and ignorance, pertain to material intelligence and not

modes of material nature, namely goodness, passion and ignorance, pertain to material intelligence and not

A person who has thus achieved Me by understanding that he is not different from Me realizes that the

“The demigods are not actually perfectly endowed with transcendental qualities.

Śrīla Madhvācārya points out in this regard that the question of the sages was not appropriate, since

A person who has thus achieved Me by understanding that he is not different from Me realizes that the