SB 1.6.22 (1962)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 22
Sakrid jad darshitam rupam etad kamaya te anagha
Mat kamah shanakaih sadhuh sarvan munchati Hritchhayan.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Sakrid—once only, Jad—that, Darshitam—shown, Rupam- form, Etad—this is, Kamaya—for the matter of hankerings, Te—your, Anagha—oh the virtuous, Mat—mine, Kamah—desire, Sanakaih—by increasing, Sadhu—devotee, Sarvan—all, Munchati—gives away, Hritchhayan—material desires.
TRANSLATION
Oh the virtuous, as you have once only seen My Person, it is just for your increasing the hankerings for Me. Because the more your hanker for Me, the more you be freed from all material desires.
PURPORT
A living being cannot be vacuum from desires. He is not a dead stone. He must be working with thinking feeling and willing. But when he thinks, feels and wills, materially he becomes entangled one after another and conversely when he thinks feels and wills for the service of the Lord he becomes gradually freed from all entanglement. The more a person is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord the more he acquires a hankering after it. That is the transcendental nature of Godly service. Material service has satiation whereas spiritual service of the Lord has no satiation neither any finishing goal. You may go on increasing your hankerings after the loving transcendental service of the Lord, and yet you will not find any satiation nor the end of it. By intense service of the Lord one can experience the presence of the Lord transcendentally in the direction of such service. Therefore seeing the Lord means being engaged in His service because His service and His person all are identical. The sincere devotee may go on with sincere purpose of service of the Lord and the Lord will give proper direction as to how and where it has to be done. There was no material desire of Narada and yet just to increase the intense desire for Lords audience He was so advised.