guṇair guṇān upādatte

yathā-kālaḿ vimuñcati

na teṣu yujyate yogī

gobhir gā iva go-patiḥ

gunaih -- by his senses; gunan -- material sense objects; upadatte -- accepts; yatha-kalam -- at the proper time; vimuncati -- gives them up; na -- he does not; teshu -- in them; yujyate -- become entangled; yogi -- a self-realized sage; gobhih -- by his rays; gah -- bodies of water; iva -- as; go-patih -- the sun.


Texto

Just as the sun evaporates large quantities of water by its potent rays and later returns the water to the earth in the form of rain, similarly, a saintly person accepts all types of material objects with his material senses, and at the appropriate time, when the proper person has approached him to request them, he returns such material objects. Thus, both in accepting and giving up the objects of the senses, he is not entangled.

Significado

A Krishna conscious person never feels proprietorship over the opulences entrusted to him by Lord Krishna for spreading the Krishna consciousness movement. The devotees of Lord Krishna should not merely accumulate material wealth, but should distribute the opulences of Lord Krishna in such a way that the Krishna consciousness movement spreads unlimitedly. This is a lesson to be learned from the sun.