Volume 7 - Prabhupada

Text 176]The Lord Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami355bhukti-mukti adi-vaficha yadi mane hayasadhana karile prema utpanna na hayaSYNONYMSbhukti-material enjoyment; mukti-to become liberated from material bondage;adi-and so on; vaficha-desires; yadi-if; mane-in the mind; haya-are;sadhana karile-even executing devotional service according to the regulativeroutine; prema-real love of Krr:Ja; utpanna-awakened; na-not; haya-is.TRANSLATION"If one is infected with the desire for material enjoyment or material liberation,he cannot rise to the platform of pure loving service unto the Lord, eventhough he may superficially render devotional service according to the routineregulative principles.PURPORTSrTia Bhaktisiddhanta SarasvatT Thakura mentions that if one maintains withinhis heart the desire to enjoy the result of good work, or, being embarrassed by thematerial world, the desire to get out of material entanglement, one will never beable to attain the transcendental mellows of devotional service. In other words,one must not desire material profit when rendering devotional service. Even if onefollows all the sixty-four regulative principles, he cannot attain pure devotionalservice with a contaminated heart.TEXT 176f