We have instances of others who, by the definition of nigranta, are bereft of any wealth or good qualities or education, and Mṛgāri is given by Lord Caitanya as an example of somebody who had no qualification whatsoever, but because of the qualities of The Lord, He became attracted. We need some time and practice; there's a way in which Nārada Muni is an example of this when he got association with the pure devotees in his home for two seasons. Rainy season, four months, about eight months. Then they left, the sages, and his mother died. He was left alone, single parent home, and he already, as a child, felt fearless, so he went out by himself, just depending on the Lord and seeing the Lord's energies, and he came to a forest.
He sat down in his practice, and then the Lord revealed Himself to him in such a way that he was stimulated—every sense in his body was connected to Kṛṣṇa in transcendence—and then he lost it.Then Kṛṣṇa spoke to him in an unembodied voice, and said that you still have some work to do, and therefore you use this lifetime. This is a free sample. People may become attracted to Kṛṣṇa, and then at some point, because of lingering mental impressions, they may feel harassed and waylaid, but they never forget the quality of the Lord. This is also stated by Nārada in the chapter we're reading now in first canto, fifth chapter. He says:
na vai jano jātu kathañcanāvrajen
mukunda-sevy anyavad aṅga saṁsṛtim
smaran mukundāṅghry-upagūhanaṁ punar
vihātum icchen na rasa-graho janaḥ (SB 1.5.19)
He said, the even if somebody, if somebody, takes to devotional service, and then they fall down again—which you see, happens more frequently than not, and it depends on the level of the fall down—but people go through things. It's a harrowing life we live, and there are many different phases we go through. But Nārada says if somebody takes to devotional service—na vai jano jātu kathañcanāvrajen mukunda-sevy anyavad aṅga saṁsṛtim—and they fall down from the process, he said, they'll keep remembering the taste that they got. Rasa-graha, there's a rasa they get, and graha— it keeps grabbing them again and again.
Commentary by Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, he says, people, they're devotees, and they fall down. They're haunted by rasa. It's like, "Hey, why you are wallowing in this material world? Remember the taste, the quality of Kṛṣṇa." Kṛṣṇa shines that quality forth in the heart of the devotee. So that attraction for Kṛṣṇa pulls the soul back into the devotional service at some point, so that it's never lost. And once having tasted that, then one remembers it again and again. Nārada says, can't give it up. So we've seen, if you live long enough, you see devotees who are very enthusiastic...(37:06)
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