na mayy āveśita-dhiyāḿ
kāmaḥ kāmāya kalpate
bharjitā kvathitā dhānāḥ
prāyo bījāya neśate
na -- not; mayi -- in Me; avesita -- fully absorbed; dhiyam -- of those whose consciousness; kamah -- desire; kamaya -- to material lust; kalpate -- leads; bharjitah -- burned; kvathitah -- cooked; dhanah -- grains; prayah -- for the most part; bijaya -- new growth; na ishyate -- 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 avesita-dhiyam are very significant here. Unless one has achieved an advanced degree of devotion, one cannot fix the mind and intelligence on Krishna, since Krishna 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 Krishna. The gopis were certainly attracted to Krishna in a mood of conjugal love, and yet, having fixed their minds and indeed their entire existence completely on Krishna, 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.
