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SB 1.11.25 (1964)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT No. 25

Nityam nirikshamananam yadi api Dwarakoukasam. Na eva tripyanti hi drishah shrio dhamangam achyutam.


ENGLISH SYNONYMS

Nityam—regularly, always, Nirikshamananam—of those who look at Him, Yadi—although, Api—inspite of, Dwarakoukasam—the inhabitants of Dwarka, Na—never, Eva—certainly, Tripyanti—satisfied, Hi—exactly, Drisha—sight, Srio—beauties, Dhamangam—the body reservoir, Achyutah—the infallible.


TRANSLATION

The inhabitants of Dwarka were regularly accustomed to look upon the body-reservoir of all beauty of the infallible Lord and inspite of that they were never satiated.


PURPORT

When the ladies of the city of Dwarka got up on the roof of respective palaces, they never thought it that they had previously many times seen the beautiful body of the infallible Lord. This means they had no satiation of the desire to see the Lord. Anything material seen for a number of times ultimately becomes non-attractive by the law of satiation. The law of satiation acts materially but there is no scope for it in the spiritual realm. The word infallible is significant here, because although the Lord has mercifully descended on earth He is still infallible. The living entities are fallible because when they come in contact with material world they lack their spiritual identity and thus the body materially obtained becomes subjected to the laws of nature belaboured to birth, growth, transformation, situation, deterioration and annihilation. The Lord's body is not like that but He descends as He is and is never under the laws of material modes. His body is the source of everything that be and reservoir of all beauties beyond our experience. Nobody is therefore satiated by seeing the transcendental body of the Lord because there is always manifestation of newer and newer beauties. The transcendental Name, Form, Qualities, Entourage etc. are all spiritual manifestations and there is no satiation by chanting the holy Name of the Lord, there is no satiation discussing on the qualities of the Lord, and there is no limitation of the entourage of the Lord. He is the source of all limitless.