SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

236 Srimad-Bhagavatam (Canto 7, Ch. 5the other cowherd boys, the gopis like Srimati RadharaQi and Her associates,and even the birds, beasts, cows and calves are attracted. Theflowers and fruits in the gardens are attracted, the waves of the Yamunaare attracted, and the land, sky, trees, plants, animals and all other livingbeings are attracted by KrJ.la. This is the natural situation of everythingin V:rndavana.Just contrary to the affairs of V:rndavana is the material world, whereno one is attracted by Kr1.1a and everyone is attracted by maya. This isthe difference between the spiritual and material worlds. HiraQyakasipu,who was in the material world, was attracted by women and money,whereas Prahlada Maharaja, being in his natural position, was attractedby KrJ.la. In replying to HiraQyakasipu's question about why PrahladaMaharaja had a deviant view, Prahlada said that his view was notdeviant, for the natural position of everyone is to be attracted by KrJ.la.HiraQyakasipu found this view deviant, Prahlada said, because of beingunnaturally unattracted by KrJ.la. HiraQyakasipu therefore neededpurification.As soon as one is purified of material contamination, he is again attractedby Kr1.1a (saroopadhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratvena nirmalam). Inthe material world, everyone is contaminated by the dirt of sense gratificationand is acting according to different designations, sometimes as ahuman being, sometimes a beast, sometimes a demigod or tree, and so on.One must be cleansed of all these designations. Then one will benaturally attracted to KrJ.la. The bhakti process purifies the living entityof all unnatural attractions. When one is purified he is attracted by Kr1.1aand begins to serve Kr1.1a instead of serving maya. This is his naturalposition. A devotee is attracted by l(rQa, whereas a nondevotee, beingcontaminated by the dirt of material enjoyment, is not. This is confirmedby the Lord in Bhagavad-gita (7 .28):ye$arh tv anta-gatam papamjananam puTJya-karmaT)dmte dvandva-moha-nirmuktabhajante mam drl}.ha-vrata/:1."Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life, whosesinful actions are completely eradicated and who are freed from the