So, to become Krishna conscious means to become free from lust and greed: ceta etair anaviddham. Viddham means "piercing." Lust and greed are always piercing and pinching the heart: "Come on, come on, enjoy!" But when you are actually a little advanced in Krishna consciousness, these things will no longer pinch you because your heart will be cleansed.Test yourself by this process, whether you are free from lust and greediness. This is the test. Tada rajas-tamo-bhavau [SB 1.2.19]. And when you become free from these two things, lust and greediness, tada, ceta etair anaviddham sthitam sattve prasadati.
Ceta - consciousness, not being attacked by these two nonsense things, ignorance and passion...
Ceta etair anaviddham. Viddham means piercing.
They are always piercing, pinching, pinching. "Come on, come on." They are always pinching. But if you are actually situated in Krishna consciousness, these things will not pinch you.
Tada, ceta etair... Because everything is in the heart. Whole thing is cleansing the heart.
So heart is being pinched. "Here is... I am beautiful boy," "I am beautiful girl. Why not come enjoy ?" So this is pinching.
So if you are actually situated on the platform of Krishna consciousness, not fully, a little advanced, then these things will be visible. Tada ceta etair anaviddham. And when you stop, when you are able to stop this pinching in your heart by these two modes of material nature, passion and greediness—tada ceta etair anaviddham sthita sattve prasadati—prasadati, then you become joyful. That is the stage of joyfulness.
That is stated in the Bhagavad-Gita. When you have come to this status, joyful, no more pinching by these two modes of material nature, joyful, that is called brahma-bhuta stage, the platform of liberation.
So you are now serving Krishna under the instruction of your Spiritual Master, so there will be no scarcity of supply of strength unless there is some weakness on your part in the matter of absolute faith in these two shelters. So if you have still some doubts pinching your faith in the service of your Spiritual Master and Krishna, then you can clear it up. I am always prepared to assist you. ACBSP
