na mayy ÄveÅ›ita-dhiyÄá¹
kÄmaḥ kÄmÄya kalpate
bharjitÄ kvathitÄ dhÄnÄḥ
prÄyo bÄ«jÄya neÅ›ate
na - not; mayi - in Me; ÄveÅ›ita - fully absorbed; dhiyÄm - of those whose consciousness; kÄmaḥ - desire; kÄmÄya - to material lust; kalpate - leads; bharjitÄḥ - burned; kvathitÄḥ - cooked; dhÄnÄḥ - grains; prÄyaḥ - for the most part; bÄ«jÄya - new growth; na iá¹£yate - are not capable of causing.
The desire of those who fix their minds on Me does not lead to material desire for sense gratification, just as barleycorns burned by the sun and then cooked can no longer grow into new sprouts.
The words mayy ÄveÅ›ita-dhiyÄm are very significant here. Unless one has achieved an advanced degree of devotion, one cannot fix the mind and intelligence on Kṛṣṇa, since Kṛṣṇa is pure spiritual existence. Self-realization is a state not of desirelessness but rather of purified desire, wherein one desires only the pleasure of Lord Kṛṣṇa. The gopÄ«s were certainly attracted to Kṛṣṇa in a mood of conjugal love, and yet, having fixed their minds and indeed their entire existence completely on Kṛṣṇa, their conjugal desire could never manifest as material lust; rather, it became the most exalted form of love of Godhead ever seen within the universe.
