Volume 7 - Prabhupada

348 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 19PURPORTThere are different types of material perfection known as siddhi-vraja,brahminical qualifications, yogic trance and merging into the Supreme. All theseare certainly very attractive for a mundane person, but their brilliance exists onlyas long as one does not take to devotional service. Devotional service can controlthe Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the supreme controller of all universalaffairs. The five rasas (mellows) in the transcendental world are practiced bythe inhabitants of Goloka Vrndavana in neutrality, servitorship, friendship, paternalaffection and conjugal love. All these please the Lord so much that He is controlledby the devotees. For instance, mother Yasoda was so advanced in devotionalservice that Krt:la agreed to be controlled by her stick. In other words, thefive principal mellows are so great and glorious that they are able to control theSupreme Personality of Godhead. In the material world, however, the so-calledsiddhis, or perfections, manifest their brightness only as long as one is not interestedin devotional service. In other words, the perfection of the karmis, jnanis,yogis and others remains attractive only as long as one does not come to thepoint of devotional service, which is so great and significant that it can control thesupreme controller, Krl)a.TEXT 166'' 'f(tl! ''