SB 11.14.12
mayy arpitatmanah sabhya
nirapekshasya sarvatah
mayatmana sukham yat tat
kutah syad vishayatmanam
TRANSLATION
O learned Uddhava, those who fix their consciousness on Me, giving up all material desires, share with Me a happiness that cannot possibly be experienced by those engaged in sense gratification.
PURPORT
The actual purport of Vedic knowledge is explained in this verse. The word vishayatmanam includes those who are cultivating material peace of mind, self-control and speculative philosophy. But even if such persons rise to the platform of sattva-guna, the mode of goodness, they do not attain perfection, because sattva-guna, being material, is also part and parcel of maya, or illusion. As stated by Sri Narada Muni,
kim va yogena sankhyena
nyasa-svadhyayayor api
kim va sreyobhir anyais ca
na yatratma-prado harih
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead is not inclined to award Himself even to one who executes the yoga system, speculative philosophy, the renounced order of life or Vedic studies. Indeed, no so-called materially auspicious process can induce the Lord to reveal Himself." (Bhag. 4.31.12) According to Srila Sridhara Svami, one enjoys the happiness spoken of in this verse while associating, in one's own spiritual body, with the supreme transcendental form of the Lord. The Lord's transcendental form is filled with infinite, wonderful qualities, and the happiness of being with the Lord is unlimited. Unfortunately, materialistic people cannot possibly imagine such happiness, since they are not at all inclined to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
SB 11.14.13
akincanasya dantasya
santasya sama-cetasah
maya santushta-manasah
sarvah sukha-maya disah
TRANSLATION
One who does not desire anything within this world, who has achieved peace by controlling his senses, whose consciousness is equal in all conditions and whose mind is completely satisfied in Me finds only happiness wherever he goes.
PURPORT
A devotee who is always meditating upon Lord Krishna experiences transcendental sound, touch, form, flavor and aroma in the pastimes of the Lord. These sublime perceptions are certainly due to the causeless mercy of Lord Krishna upon one whose mind and senses are completely satisfied in Him. Such a person finds only happiness wherever he goes. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura gives the example that when a very wealthy man travels all over the world, at every place he stays he always enjoys the same luxurious standard of comfort. Similarly, one who has developed Krishna consciousness is never separated from happiness, because Lord Krishna is all-pervading. The word kincana indicates the so-called enjoyable things of this world. One who is akincana has correctly understood that material sense gratification is simply the glare of illusion, and therefore such a person is dantasya, or self-controlled, santasya, or peaceful, and maya santushta-manasah, or completely satisfied with his transcendental experience of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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