20211105 Sambandha, Abhidheya, Prayojana

The following is a Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation By His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on 5th November 2021 in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur, India.

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram

Hariḥ oṁ tat sat!

Hare Kṛṣṇa! Dear Devotees! Today is the compilation of Caitanya līlā book, the chapter today is entitled:

Sambandha, Abhidheya, Prayojana

Under the section: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.108-109

śrī-śrī-sanātana-śikṣārambha; (a) sarvaprathame jīvera ‘svarūpa’-vicāra

jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya—kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’
kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā-śakti’ ‘bhedābheda-prakāśa’

sūryāṁśa-kiraṇa, yaiche agni-jvālā-caya
svābhāvika kṛṣṇera tina-prakāra ‘śakti’ haya

Translation: “It is the living entity’s constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa because he is the marginal energy of Kṛṣṇa and a manifestation simultaneously one with and different from the Lord, like a molecular particle of sunshine or fire. Kṛṣṇa has three varieties of energy.

Purport:  Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains these verses as follows:

Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Who am I?”

In answer, the Lord replied, “You are a pure living entity. You are neither the gross material body nor the subtle body composed of mind and intelligence. Actually you are a spirit soul, eternally part and parcel of the Supreme Soul, Kṛṣṇa. Therefore you are His eternal servant. You belong to Kṛṣṇa’s marginal potency. There are two worlds — the spiritual world and the material world — and you are situated between the material and spiritual potencies. You have a relationship with both the material and the spiritual world; therefore you are called the marginal potency. You are related with Kṛṣṇa as one and simultaneously different. Because you are spirit soul, you are one in quality with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but because you are a very minute particle of spirit soul, you are different from the Supreme Soul. Therefore your position is simultaneously one with and different from the Supreme Soul. The examples given are those of the sun itself and the small particles of sunshine and of a blazing fire and the small particles of fire.”

Another explanation of these verses can be found in Ādi-līlā, chapter two, verse 96.

Jayapatākā Swami: Sanātana Gosvāmī asked ‘Who am I?’ Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, ‘Jīvera svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera nitya-dāsa’ so as Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura had explained that the spirit soul or jīva is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, therefore He is eternal servitor of Kṛṣṇa, but in this material world we are serving the external energy of the Lord, and thus we are bewildered.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.110

viṣṇura sarva-vyāpinī śakti-dvārā līlā-vilāsa – Viṣṇu-Purāṇe (1.22.53)

eka-deśa-sthitasyāgner
jyotsnā vistāriṇī yathā
parasya brahmaṇaḥ śaktis
tathedam akhilaṁ jagat

Translation: “‘Just as the illumination of a fire, which is situated in one place, is spread all over, the energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Parabrahman, are spread all over this universe.’

Purport: This is a quotation from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (1.22.53).

Jayapatākā Swami: So, this verse explains that the living entities are situated all over the universe, not just on this planet on every planet, but they have different ecological situations, different dimensions and are living in an environment that our bodies cannot survive, they have suitable bodies that they can survive.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.111

(b) kṛṣṇera śakti-vicāra

kṛṣṇera svābhāvika tina-śakti-pariṇati
cid-śakti, jīva-śakti, āra māyā-śakti

Translation: “Lord Kṛṣṇa naturally has three energetic transformations, and these are known as the spiritual potency, the living entity potency and the illusory potency.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.112

trividhā śakti:– Viṣṇu-Purāṇe (6.7.61)—

viṣṇu-śaktiḥ parā proktā
kṣetrajñākhyā tathā parā
avidyā-karma-saṁjñānyā
tṛtīyā śaktir iṣyate

Translation: “‘Originally, Kṛṣṇa’s energy is spiritual, and the energy known as the living entity is also spiritual. However, there is another energy, called illusion, which consists of fruitive activity. That is the Lord’s third potency.’

Purport: This is a quotation from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (6.7.61). For a further explanation of this verse, refer to Ādi-līlā, chapter seven, verse 119.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, we can see these purports of Adi-līlā and anything useful is being put here. The third energy, śaktī, the māyā-śaktī is the material energy. Without the presence of the living entity the māyā-śaktī remains dormant. The combination of jīva-śaktī and māyā-śaktī creates the material body, which appears to be alive and when the jīva-śaktī leaves, the body is termed as dead, and no longer sustains its life, it starts to decompose.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.113

(1) antaraṅgā svarūpa-śakti acchedya-bhāve śaktimānera āśrita —

Viṣṇu-Purāṇe (1.3.2)—

śaktayaḥ sarva-bhāvānām
acintya-jñāna-gocarāḥ
yato ’to brahmaṇas tās tu
sargādyā bhāva-śaktayaḥ
bhavanti tapatāṁ śreṣṭha
pāvakasya yathoṣṇatā

Translation: “‘All the creative energies, which are inconceivable to a common man, exist in the Supreme Absolute Truth. These inconceivable energies act in the process of creation, maintenance and annihilation. O chief of the ascetics, just as there are two energies possessed by fire — namely heat and light — these inconceivable creative energies are the natural characteristics of the Absolute Truth.’

Purport: This is also a quotation from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (1.3.2).

Jayapatākā Swami: How, Lord Caitanya He also refers to different revealed scriptures, whatever He says is backed up by sādhu, śāstra, and guru, but śāstra is the basis, everything emanates from Kṛṣṇa, He is the source of all the energies. So, He is transcendental, His body is actually not made of anything material it is purely transcendental, sac-cid-ānanda transcendental truth, full of cognizance and happiness. This is a big mystery for the scientists, how this consciousness come into existence, we can understand through these verses that consciousness of the living entity is one of the energies of the Lord. The idea that accidentally somehow material energy will produce living life or consciousness is not supported by these verses. So, this is the science of the Absolute Truth.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.114

(2) taṭastha jīva-śakti – Viṣṇu-Purāṇe (6.7.62-63)—

yayā kṣetra-jña-śaktiḥ sā
veṣṭitā nṛpa sarva-gā
saṁsāra-tāpān akhilān
avāpnoty atra santatān

Translation: “‘O King, the kṣetra-jña-śakti is the living entity. Although he has the facility to live in either the material or the spiritual world, he suffers the threefold miseries of material existence because he is influenced by the avidyā [nescience] potency, which covers his constitutional position.

Purport: This and the following verse are also quoted from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (6.7.62-63). For an explanation, see Madhya-līlā, chapter 6, verses 155-156.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.115

tayā tirohitatvāc ca
śaktiḥ kṣetra-jña-saṁjñitā
sarva-bhūteṣu bhū-pāla
tāratamyena vartate

Translation: “‘This living entity, covered by the influence of nescience, exists in different forms in the material condition. O King, he is thus proportionately freed from the influence of the material energy, to greater or lesser degrees.’

Jayapatākā Swami: Some of the bodies in the material world like the human form of life gives a better and greater freedom and being a tree or plant or some microorganisms have almost no opportunity for free will to understand the science of the Absolute Truth, So these are very important that we have the human form of life, we should try to take advantage and try to understand what is our actual spiritual position. Unfortunately, our material consciousness is covered by the material illusory energy. We identify ourselves as part of this material energy thus we waste our life.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.116

(3) bahiraṅgā māyā-śakti—Śrīmad-Bhagavad-gītāya (7.5)—

apareyam itas tv anyāṁ
prakṛtiṁ viddhi me parām
jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho
yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat

Translation: “‘Besides these inferior energies, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is another, superior energy of Mine, which comprises the living entities who are exploiting the resources of this material, inferior nature.’

Purport by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupāda: This is a verse from the Bhagavad-gītā (7.5). For an explanation, see Ādi-līlā, chapter seven, verse 118.

Jayapatākā Swami: The living entity is of a higher spiritual quality, he has consciousness, the materal energy does not have consciousness, and if we misuse our intelligence rather, and try to enjoy or control the material energy then we get afflicted by threefold material miseries.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.117

(c) virūpa-vicāra; baddha-jīvera bhavaroga o tatphale durddaśā vā śāsti:—

kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva anādi-bahirmukha
ataeva māyā tāre deya saṁsāra-duḥkha

Translation: “Forgetting Kṛṣṇa, the living entity has been attracted by the external feature from time immemorial. Therefore the illusory energy [māyā] gives him all kinds of misery in his material existence.

Purport: When the living entity forgets his constitutional position as an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, he is immediately entrapped by the illusory, external energy. The living entity is originally part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa and is therefore the superior energy of Kṛṣṇa. He is endowed with inconceivable minute energy that works inconceivably within the body. However, the living entity, forgetting his position, is situated in material energy. The living entity is called the marginal energy because by nature he is spiritual but by forgetfulness he is situated in the material energy. Thus he has the power to live either in the material energy or in the spiritual energy, and for this reason he is called marginal energy. Being in the marginal position, he is sometimes attracted by the external, illusory energy, and this is the beginning of his material life. When he enters the material energy, he is subjected to the threefold time measurement — past, present and future. Past, present and future belong only to the material world; they do not exist in the spiritual world. The living entity is eternal, and he existed before the creation of this material world. Unfortunately he has forgotten his relationship with Kṛṣṇa. The living entity’s forgetfulness is described herein as anādi, which indicates that it has existed since time immemorial. One should understand that due to his desire to enjoy himself in competition with Kṛṣṇa, the living entity comes into material existence.

Jayapatākā Swami:  This explains how a pure spiritual living entity comes into the material conditioning, what Kṛṣṇa consciousness is all about and how do we reverse the situation, and come out of this illusory energy to the pure spiritual platform, free of the miseries of the material life, being situated in love of Kṛṣṇa.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.118

kabhu svarge uṭhāya, kabhu narake ḍubāya
daṇḍya-jane rājā yena nadīte cubāya

Translation:  In the material condition, the living entity is sometimes raised to higher planetary systems and material prosperity and sometimes drowned in a hellish situation. His state is exactly like that of a criminal whom a king punishes by submerging him in water and then raising him again from the water.

Purport: In the Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad (4.3.16) it is stated,

asaṅgo hy ayaṁ puruṣaḥ:

the living entity is always free from the contamination of the material world. One who is not materially infected and who does not forget Kṛṣṇa as his master is called nitya-mukta. In other words, one who is eternally liberated from material contamination is called nitya-mukta. From time immemorial the nitya-mukta living entity has always been a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, and his only attempt has been to serve Kṛṣṇa. Thus he never forgets his eternal servitorship to Kṛṣṇa. Any living entity who forgets his eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa is under the sway of the material condition. Bereft of the Lord’s transcendental loving service, he is subjected to the reactions of fruitive activity. When he is elevated to the higher planetary systems due to worldly pious activities, he considers himself well situated, but when he is subjected to punishment, he thinks himself improperly situated. Thus material nature awards and punishes the living entity. When the living entity is materially opulent, material nature is rewarding him. When he is materially embarrassed, material nature is punishing him.

Jayapatākā Swami:  Both of these situations - material happiness or material miseries, are all material and thus gives temporary relief and then put into misery again. Being Kṛṣṇa conscious goes above the modes of nature, becomes nitya-mukta or eternally free from illusion.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.119

(d) baddha-jīvera roga; tāhāra nidāna o cikitsā arthāt pathya o auṣadha-sevana-vidhi — Śrīmad-Bhagavate (11.2.37)—

bhayaṁ dvitīyābhiniveśataḥ syād
īśād apetasya viparyayo ’smṛtiḥ
tan-māyayāto budha ābhajet taṁ
bhaktyaikayeśaṁ guru-devatātmā

Translation: “‘When the living entity is attracted by the material energy, which is separate from Kṛṣṇa, he is overpowered by fear. Because he is separated from the Supreme Personality of Godhead by the material energy, his conception of life is reversed. In other words, instead of being the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, he becomes Kṛṣṇa’s competitor. This is called viparyayo ’smṛtiḥ. To nullify this mistake, one who is actually learned and advanced worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead as his spiritual master, worshipful Deity and source of life. He thus worships the Lord by the process of unalloyed devotional service.’

Purport: This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.2.37). It is an instruction given by Kavi Ṛṣi, one of the nine saintly personalities called the nine Yogendras. When Vasudeva, Kṛṣṇa’s father, asked Devarṣi Nārada in Dvārakā about devotional service, it was mentioned that previously King Nimi, who was the King of Videha, was instructed by the nine Yogendras. When Śrī Nārada Muni discoursed on bhāgavata-dharma, devotional service, he indicated how a conditioned soul can be liberated by engaging in the loving transcendental service of the Lord. The Lord is the Supersoul, spiritual master and worshipable Deity of all conditioned souls. Not only is Kṛṣṇa the supreme worshipful Deity for all living entities, but He is also the guru, or caitya-guru, the Supersoul, who always gives the living entity good counsel. Unfortunately the living entity neglects the Supreme Person’s instructions. He thus identifies with the material energy and is consequently overpowered by a kind of fear resulting from accepting himself as the material body and considering paraphernalia related to the material body to be his property. All types of fruitive results actually come from the spirit soul, but because he has forgotten his real duty, he is embarrassed by many material consequences such as fear and attachment. The only remedy is to revert to the service of the Lord and thus be saved from material nature’s unwanted harassment.

Jayapatākā Swami: Therefore, pure devotional service is the solution come out of this embarrassment of material life.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.120

(e) cicchaktimān parameśvarera avaroha vā avatāra-varṇana; māyā-jayera ekamātra upāya:—

sādhu-śāstra-kṛpāya yadi kṛṣṇonmukha haya
sei jīva nistare, māyā tāhāre chāḍaya

Translation: “If the conditioned soul becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious by the mercy of saintly persons who voluntarily preach scriptural injunctions and help him to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, the conditioned soul is liberated from the clutches of māyā, who gives him up.

Purport: A conditioned soul is one who has forgotten Kṛṣṇa as his eternal master. Thinking that he is enjoying the material world, the conditioned soul suffers the threefold miseries of material existence. Saintly persons (sādhus), Vaiṣṇava devotees of the Lord, preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness on the basis of the Vedic literature. It is only by their mercy that the conditioned soul is awakened to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. When awakened, he is no longer eager to enjoy the materialistic way of life. Instead, he devotes himself to the loving transcendental service of the Lord. When one engages in the Lord’s devotional service, he becomes detached from material enjoyment:

bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir
anyatra caiṣa trika eka-kālaḥ
(Bhāg. 11.2.42)

This is the test by which one can tell whether he is advancing in devotional service. One must be detached from material enjoyment. Such detachment means that māyā has actually given the conditioned soul liberation from illusory enjoyment. When one is advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he does not consider himself as good as Kṛṣṇa. Whenever he thinks that he is the enjoyer of material advantages, he is imprisoned in the bodily conception. However, when he is freed from the bodily conception, he can engage in devotional service, which is his actual position of freedom from the clutches of māyā. This is all explained in the following verse from the Bhagavad-gītā (7.14).

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.121

ekamātra kṛṣṇera śaraṇāgata bhaktai māyā-jayī:—

Śrīmad-Bhagavad-gītāya (7.14)—

daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī
mama māyā duratyayā
mām eva ye prapadyante
māyām etāṁ taranti te

Translation: “‘This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.’

Jayapatākā Swami: So, how surrendering to Kṛṣṇa actually frees one from material conditioning and they can enjoy eternal blissful life.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.122

jīvera prati ahaitukī kṛpāmaya adhokṣaja viṣṇura avatāra-prākaṭya:—

māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa-jñāna
jīvere kṛpāya kailā kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa

Translation: “The conditioned soul cannot revive his Kṛṣṇa consciousness by his own effort. But out of causeless mercy, Lord Kṛṣṇa compiled the Vedic literature and its supplements, the Purāṇas.

Purport: The Lord’s illusory energy (māyā). Māyā’s business is to keep the conditioned soul forgetful of his real relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Thus the living entity forgets his real identity as spirit soul, Brahman, and instead of realizing his factual position thinks himself the product of the material energy. According to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.7.5):

yayā sammohito jīva
ātmānaṁ tri-guṇātmakam
paro ’pi manute ’narthaṁ
tat-kṛtaṁ cābhipadyate

“Due to this external energy, the living entity, although transcendental to the three modes of material nature, thinks of himself as a material product and thus undergoes the reactions of material miseries.”

This is a description of māyā’s action upon the conditioned soul. Thinking himself a product of the material energy, the conditioned soul engages in the service of the material energy in so many ways. He becomes the servant of lust, anger, greed and envy. In this way one totally becomes a servant of the illusory energy. Later, the bewildered soul becomes a servant of mental speculation, but in any case he is simply covered by the illusory energy. Out of His causeless mercy and compassion, Kṛṣṇa has compiled various Vedic literatures in His incarnation as Vyāsadeva. Vyāsadeva is a śaktyāveśa-avatāra of Lord Kṛṣṇa. He has very kindly presented these literatures to awaken the conditioned soul to his senses. Unfortunately, at the present moment the conditioned souls are guided by demons who do not care to read the Vedic literatures. Although there is an immense treasure-house of knowledge, people are engaged in reading useless literature that will give them no information on how to get out of the clutches of māyā.

The purpose of the Vedic literatures is explained in the following verses.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, when one is bewildered he cannot get out of the material energy, but Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead gave us the instructions and the Vedic literatures so that we can get out of this material conditioning especially Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam are useful for this purpose and human beings should take advantage of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.123

kṛṣṇai trividha prakāśe kṛṣṇa-jñānadātṛrūpe avatīrṇa—

(1) veda vā vedānta-bhāṣya śrīmad-bhāgavata,

(2) bhāgavata-śreṣṭha guru,

(3) antaryamī:—

‘śāstra-guru-ātma’-rūpe āpanāre jānāna
‘kṛṣṇa mora prabhu, trātā’—jīvera haya jñāna

Translation: “The forgetful conditioned soul is educated by Kṛṣṇa through the Vedic literatures, the realized spiritual master and the Supersoul. Through these, he can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is, and he can understand that Lord Kṛṣṇa is his eternal master and deliverer from the clutches of māyā. In this way one can acquire real knowledge of his conditioned life and can come to understand how to attain liberation.

Purport: Being forgetful of his real position, the conditioned soul may take help from śāstra, guru and the Supersoul within his heart. Kṛṣṇa is situated within everyone’s heart as the Supersoul. As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (18.61):

īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānām
hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati
bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni
yantrārūḍhāni māyayā

“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine made of the material energy.”

As the śaktyāveśa-avatāra Vyāsadeva, Kṛṣṇa teaches the conditioned soul through the Vedic literatures. Kṛṣṇa externally appears as the spiritual master and trains the conditioned soul to come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. When his original Kṛṣṇa consciousness is revived, the conditioned soul is delivered from the material clutches. Thus a conditioned soul is always helped by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in three ways — by the scriptures, the spiritual master and the Supersoul within the heart. The Lord is the deliverer of the conditioned soul and is accepted as the Supreme Lord of all living entities.

Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā (18.66):

sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo
mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ

“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.”

This same instruction is found throughout all Vedic literatures. Sādhu, śāstra and guru act as the representatives of Kṛṣṇa, and the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is also taking place all over the universe. Whoever takes advantage of this opportunity becomes liberated.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa is helping the conditioned soul missing As externally helping the conditioned souls by explaining the śāstras the scriptures and by otherwise guiding them, He is also present in the heart of the living entity as the caitya-guru and when one hears the Absolute Truth, in his heart it is confirmed that this is the truth. Also, sādhūs are examples of great realized souls it is another way the Lord helps.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.124

(e) īśvara-viśvāsimātrerai vedake apauruṣeya-jñānahetu grantha-kārera prāgukta trividha pramāṇera madhye sarvapratyakṣībhūta veda vā śrutira sāhāyyei nija baktavya ekamātra śuddha-bhaktira śreṣṭha abhidheyatva-saṁsthāpana; śāstre pratipanna trividha anbeṣaṇīya tattva vā brahmavastu —

veda-śāstra kahe—‘sambandha’, ‘abhidheya’, ‘prayojana’
‘kṛṣṇa’—prāpya sambandha, ‘bhakti’—prāptyera sādhana

Translation: “The Vedic literatures give information about the living entity’s eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa, which is called sambandha. The living entity’s understanding of this relationship and his acting accordingly is called abhidheya. Returning home, back to Godhead, is the ultimate goal of life and is called prayojana.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, this gives step by step advancement, when one understands his relationship with Kṛṣṇa, then he acts on that and by acting on that he achieves the spiritual world, this is the sambandha, abhidheya and prayojana. 

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.125

kṛṣṇai sambandha, śuddha-bhaktii abhidheya, premai prayojana —

abhidheya-nāma ‘bhakti’, ‘prema’—prayojana
puruṣārtha-śiromaṇi prema mahā-dhana

Translation: “Devotional service, or sense activity for the satisfaction of the Lord, is called abhidheya because it can develop one’s original love of Godhead, which is the goal of life. This goal is the living entity’s topmost interest and greatest wealth. Thus one attains the platform of transcendental loving service unto the Lord.

Purport: The conditioned soul is bewildered by the external, material energy, which fully engages him in sense gratification in various ways. Due to engagement in material activities, one’s original Kṛṣṇa consciousness is covered. However, as the supreme father of all living entities, Kṛṣṇa wants His sons to return home, back to Godhead; therefore He personally comes to deliver Vedic literatures like the Bhagavad-gītā. He engages His confidential servants who serve as spiritual masters and enlighten the conditioned living entities. Being present in everyone’s heart, the Lord gives the living entities the conscience whereby they can accept the Vedas and the spiritual master. In this way the living entity can understand his constitutional position and his relationship with the Supreme Lord.

As personally enunciated by the Lord Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā (15.15),

vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ:

through the study of Vedānta, one may become fully aware of his relationship with the Supreme Lord and act accordingly.

In this way one may ultimately attain the platform of loving service to the Lord. It is in the living entity’s best interest to understand the Supreme Lord.

Unfortunately, the living entities have forgotten that this is in their best interest, and therefore the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam says,

na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum
(Bhāg. 7.5.31).

Everyone wants to achieve life’s ultimate goal, but due to being absorbed in the material energy, we waste our time with sense gratification. Through the study of Vedic literatures — of which the essence is the Bhagavad-gītā — one comes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Thus one engages in devotional service, called abhidheya. When the living entity actually develops love of Godhead, he has reached the ultimate goal, prayojana. In other words, one who becomes fully Kṛṣṇa conscious has attained the perfection of life.

Jayapatākā Swami: So His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, he traveled all over the world and he brought with him the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and this Caitanya-caritāmṛta, the pastimes and teachings of Lord Caitanya and in this way he tried to educate the people so that they could understand the Absolute Truth and thus achieve the highest perfection of life.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.126

sādhana-bhaktira sādhya premera ceṣṭā —

kṛṣṇa-mādhurya-sevānanda-prāptira kāraṇa
kṛṣṇa-sevā kare, āra kṛṣṇa-rasa-āsvādana

Translation: “When one attains the transcendental bliss of an intimate relationship with Kṛṣṇa, he renders service to Him and tastes the mellows of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, if the devotees taste the nectar from the relationship with Kṛṣṇa and then they can never turn back to material enjoyment which is sense gratification.

Thus ends the chapter entitled, Sambandha, Abhidheya, Prayojana 
Under the section: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth