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TEXT 52 yada te moha-kalilam
SYNONYMS  yada--when;
te--your;
moha--illusory; kalilam--dense forest; buddhih--transcendental
service with intelligence; vyatitarisyati--surpasses; tada--at
that time; ganta asi--you shall go; nirvedam--callousness;
srotavyasya--all
that is to be heard; srutasya--all that is already heard; ca--also.
TRANSLATION When your
intelligence has passed out of the dense forest of delusion, you shall
become indifferent to all that has been heard and all that is to be heard.
PURPORT There are many
good examples in the lives of the great devotees of the Lord of those who
became indifferent to the rituals of the Vedas simply by devotional
service to the Lord. When a person factually understands Krsna and his
relationship with Krsna, he naturally becomes completely indifferent to
the rituals of fruitive activities, even though an experienced brahmana.
Sri Madhavendra Puri, a great devotee and acarya in the line of
the devotees, says:
sandhya-vandana bhadram astu bhavato bhoh snana tubhyam
namo
"O Lord, in
my prayers three times a day, all glory to You. Bathing, I offer my obeisances
unto you. O demigods! O forefathers! Please excuse me for my inability
to offer you my respects. Now wherever I sit, I can remember the great
descendant of the Yadu dynasty [Krsna], the enemy of Kamsa, and thereby
I can free myself from all sinful bondage. I think this is sufficient for
me."
The Vedic
rites and rituals are imperative for neophytes: comprehending all kinds
of prayer three times a day, taking a bath early in the morning, offering
respects to the forefathers, etc. But, when one is fully in Krsna consciousness
and is engaged in His transcendental loving service, one becomes indifferent
to all these regulative principles because he has already attained perfection.
If one can reach the platform of understanding by service to the Supreme
Lord Krsna, he has no longer to execute different types of penances and
sacrifices as recommended in revealed scriptures. And, similarly, if one
has not understood that the purpose of the Vedas is to reach Krsna
and simply engages in the rituals, etc., then he is uselessly wasting time
in such engagements. Persons in Krsna consciousness transcend the limit
of sabda-brahma, or the range of the Vedas and Upanisads.
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