So the sex life is passion, rajas, kama. So here it is said,
tada rajas-tamo-bhavah[1]
The result of passion is sex, kama; and lobha, no satisfaction. So spiritual life means above all these things. You cannot say that you have all the qualities of rajas-tamo-bhavah — lusty desires, greediness — and still you are advancing. That is debauchery. That is not spiritual life. Spiritual life test is this, kama-lobhadayas ca ye. Simply you shall be situated in sattva-guna. Ceta etair anaviddham. Just like the…, you have seen the Cupid picture, it has got an arrow pierced. Therefore this word is used, ceta etair anaviddham: without being pierced. Viddham. Anaviddham. And they, as, as soon as you are pierced by an arrow, the painful condition begins, immediately. So we are always painful, because the heart is pierced by the arrow of the Cupid. So if you remain on the sattva-guna, the goodness, then your heart will not be pierced by the arrow of Cupid. This is the test. Then you will be happy.
Thank you very much.
Devotees: Jaya Srila Prabhupada! [end]
[1] Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.19
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