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TEXT 6 na tad bhasayate suryo
SYNONYMS  na--not;
tat--that; bhasayate--illuminates; suryah--the sun;
na--nor; sasankah--the moon; na--nor; pavakah--fire,
electricity; yat--where; gatva--going; na--never;
nivartante--comes back; tat dhama--that abode; paramam--supreme;
mama--My.
TRANSLATION That abode
of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by electricity. One who
reaches it never returns to this material world.
PURPORT The spiritual
world, the abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna--which is
known as Krsnaloka, Goloka Vrndavana--is described here. In the spiritual
sky there is no need of sunshine, moonshine, fire or electricity, because
all the planets are self-luminous. We have only one planet in this universe,
the sun, which is self-luminous, but all the planets in the spiritual sky
are self-luminous. The shining effulgence of all those planets (called
Vaikunthas) constitutes the shining sky known as the brahmajyoti.
Actually, the effulgence is emanating from the planet of Krsna, Goloka
Vrndavana. Part of that shining effulgence is covered by the mahat-tattva,
the material world. Other than this, the major portion of that shining
sky is full of spiritual planets, which are called Vaikunthas, chief of
which is Goloka Vrndavana.
As long
as a living entity is in this dark material world, he is in conditional
life, but as soon as he reaches the spiritual sky, by cutting through the
false, perverted tree of this material world, he becomes liberated. Then
there is no chance of his coming back here. In his conditional life, the
living entity considers himself to be the lord of this material world,
but in his liberated state he enters into the spiritual kingdom and becomes
the associate of the Supreme Lord. There he enjoys eternal bliss, eternal
life, and full knowledge.
One should
be captivated by this information. He should desire to transfer himself
to that eternal world and extricate himself from this false reflection
of reality. For one who is too much attached to this material world, it
is very difficult to cut that attachment, but if he takes to Krsna consciousness,
there is a chance of gradually becoming detached. One has to associate
himself with devotees, those who are in Krsna consciousness. One should
search out a society dedicated to Krsna consciousness and learn how to
discharge devotional service. In this way he can cut off his attachment
to the material world. One cannot become detached from the attraction of
the material world simply by dressing himself in saffron cloth. He must
become attached to the devotional service of the Lord. Therefore one should
take it very seriously that devotional service as described in the Twelfth
Chapter is the only way to get out of this false representation of the
real tree. In Chapter Fourteen the contamination of all kinds of processes
by material nature is described. Only devotional service is described as
purely transcendental.
The words
paramam mama are very important here. Actually every nook and corner
is the property of the Supreme Lord, but the spiritual world is paramam,
full of six opulences. In the Upanisads it is also confirmed that
in the spiritual world there is no need of sunshine or moonshine, for the
whole spiritual sky is illuminated by the internal potency of the Supreme
Lord. That supreme abode can be achieved only by surrender and by no other
means.
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