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a necessity. Reflected in the Universe at large, it is the one bond
that holds together all beings, and becomes a force of attraction on
all planes. Man is guided by bliss in his relations to the Universe.
He is guided by bliss in his relation to himself.
Nanda is located in the brain, in the thousand-petalled Lotus.
The spiritual seat in the head is Gokul, the first abode of Nanda.
Krishna appears in Gokul. The devotee sets out on his devo-
tional journey.
The first impediment of a devotee is Mala or impurity. In
spite of himself, he cannot get the better of his passions, his person-
al desires. They have such a strong and apparent charm, there
is such an hereditary and accumulated attraction toward them, that
they easily overcome the devotional life in its infancy. The fascina-
ting PQtan ?? overtook all by her charms and she found an easy access
to Krishna himself. She made an attempt to nurse Krishna with pois-
oned milk. She was killed and Mala was removed (X. 6.)
The next impediment is Vikshepa or distraction. The mind,
with its load of outside experiences always responding to the outside
world, is so much distracted, thinking now of this and now of that,
that it has to be set right before further development is possible.
The cart has to be upturned, with its load of food-articles, the cart of
mind with its load of experiences. That is, the man has to become
Antarmukha (x-/) When this is done, the Asura of distraction,
Trinavarta or whirlwind, is easily killed (x-?). The Gopis were now
void of impurities and void of distraction; yet more they were being
attracted to Krishna. Krishna favored them by stealing the fruits of
their karma or action and accepting them for himself. Sri Krishna
said to Arjuna, " You have a right to the Karma only and not to the
fruits thereof." The senses of the Gopis used to roam about in the per-
formance of daily duties, and they brought back perceptions and con-
ceptions for the day which were worked out by the Gopis as duty re-
quired. The perceptions and conceptions are the milk-products and
milk. They were churned into the karma of the Gopis. The senses
are the cows; the outside objects of perception, their grass. The
Brahma Vaivarta Purana says: "Ghrita is obtained from milk,
Yajna is performed with Ghrita, and all happiness arises out of the
performance of Yajna." Ptakriti Khanda. The preparation of
milk products is the karma or sacrifice of the Gopis. (x-8).
The husk-stand is the discriminating faculty, that which se-
parates the husk from the grains. When Krishna becomes fastened
to the discriminating faculty (not that any one can fasten him with
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