Krishna Katha - Verse for meditation - 13/02/2012 - 15/02/2012 - A poem about St Valentine - Love / Lust

Adi 4.165

atmendriya-priti-vañcha——tare bali 'kama'
krsnendriya-priti-iccha dhare 'prema' nama
 

The desire to gratify one's own senses is kama [lust], but the desire to please the senses of Lord Krsna is prema [love].

SB 1.6.35

yamadibhir yoga-pathaih
kama-lobha-hato muhuh
mukunda-sevaya yadvat
tathatmaddha na samyati
 

It is true that by practicing restraint of the senses by the yoga system one can get relief from the disturbances of desire and lust, but this is not sufficient to give satisfaction to the soul, for this [satisfaction] is derived from devotional service to the Personality of Godhead.

Narada Muni

SB 1.7.6

anarthopasamam saksad
bhakti-yogam adhoksaje
lokasyajanato vidvams
cakre satvata-samhitam
 

The material miseries of the living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service. But the mass of people do not know this, and therefore the learned Vyasadeva compiled this Vedic literature, which is in relation to the Supreme Truth.

Suta Gosvami