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TEXT 70 apuryamanam acala-pratistham
SYNONYMS  apuryamanam--always
filled; acala-pratistham--steadily situated; samudram--the
ocean; apah--water; pravisanti--enter; yadvat--as;
tadvat--so;
kamah--desires; yam--unto one; pravisanti--enter;
sarve--all;
sah--that person; santim--peace; apnoti--achieves;
na--not;
kama-kami--one who desires to fulfill desires.
TRANSLATION A person
who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires--that enter like
rivers into the ocean which is ever being filled but is always still--can
alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires.
PURPORT Although the
vast ocean is always filled with water, it is always, especially during
the rainy season, being filled with much more water. But the ocean remains
the same--steady; it is not agitated, nor does it cross beyond the limit
of its brink. That is also true of a person fixed in Krsna consciousness.
As long as one has the material body, the demands of the body for sense
gratification will continue. The devotee, however, is not disturbed by
such desires because of his fullness. A Krsna conscious man is not in need
of anything because the Lord fulfills all his material necessities. Therefore
he is like the ocean--always full in himself. Desires may come to him like
the waters of the rivers that flow into the ocean, but he is steady in
his activities, and he is not even slightly disturbed by desires for sense
gratification. That is the proof of a Krsna conscious man--one who has
lost all inclinations for material sense gratification, although the desires
are present. Because he remains satisfied in the transcendental loving
service of the Lord, he can remain steady, like the ocean, and therefore
enjoy full peace. Others, however, who fulfill desires even up to the limit
of liberation, what to speak of material success, never attain peace. The
fruitive workers, the salvationists, and also the yogis who are
after mystic powers, are all unhappy because of unfulfilled desires. But
the person in Krsna consciousness is happy in the service of the Lord,
and he has no desires to be fulfilled. In fact, he does not even desire
liberation from the so-called material bondage. The devotees of Krsna have
no material desires, and therefore they are in perfect peace.
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