Hari-bhakti-kalpa-latikā
The Flowering Vine of Devotion to Lord Hari
by Sarasvati Thkura | 14,715 words
The book contains the essence on how devotees develop love of Krishna, and how they bring Krishna under control through their love....
Text 45
te na smaranti viṣayān na ca karma-kāṇḍaṃ
tena smaranti puruṣārtha-catuṣṭhayaṃ ca
te na smaranti suta-dāara-ṅrhātma-dehām
ye krsna-pāda-kamale madhu-pāna-mattāḥ
te—they; na—not; smaranti—remember; viṣayān—objects of sense-gratification; na—not; ca—and; karma-kāṇḍam—Vedic prescriptions for material advancement; te—they; na—not; smaranti—remember; puruṣārtha-catuṣṭhayam—the four goals of human endeavor (religion, sense-gratification, economic-development and liberation); ca—and; te—they; na—not; smaranti—remember; suta—children; dāra—wife; ṅrha—home; ātma-dehān—things in relation to his material body; ye—those who; kṛṣṇa—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; pāda—of the feet; kamale—at the lotus flower; madhu—the honey; pāna—by the drinking; mattāḥ—intoxicated;
Those who become intoxicated by drinking the honey of Lord Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet do not remember the objects of the materialsenses, the Vedic prescriptions for material advancment (karma-kanda), the four goals of human pursuit (religion, sense-gratification, economic-development and liberation), their children, wife, home, or even their own material bodies.