SB 7.9.35 – Purification must precede illumination

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7-9-35 so 7-9-35 so 7-9-35 so Prahlad Maharaj is describing the process of creation and he is telling how after taking birth and looking around searching for understanding Brahmaji was bewildered surprised, bewildered ativismit and then realizing that he couldn’t find a solution himself so for a long period of time he did and by that his consciousness became purified and then so you who are the lord who is residing within in the body, in the heart in the material existence what happened he just as fragrance is residing in the earth, Krishna says that so fragrance is there but fragrance has to be perceived carefully, sometimes when there are rains we perceive it but other times we don’t perceive the fragrance of the earth so he says that when the kaale in the right time happened then by the will of the lord the lord became manifest before Brahmaji, Brahmaji was able to see so he could see that actually the lord was present not just outside but within, the lord was pervading all of creation that darsha, he saw that so actually through this prayer, the lord maharaj is emphasizing the point that purification has to come before illumination Brahmaji wanted to understand the source of creation but by his own speculation he couldn’t find that but when he turned inwards instead of searching outwards physically, he turned inwards inwardly devotionally and purified himself by tapasa, then what happened he was able to see you so this applies to our spiritual search for god Hiranyakashyapu demanded to see god by searching around Hiranyaksha was also going all around the universe saying where is Vishnu, where is Vishnu he couldn’t find him and finally when he found him, he found him in a form that proved fatal for him, that was Hiranyaksha same happened with Hiranyakashyapu also that he wanted to look for Vishnu in the pillar but when he found it that led to destruction because he had angered Hiranyakashyapu and Hiranyaksha both had angered the lord so if you want to see the lord in a way that is actually beneficial for us, that is illuminating for us then like Prahlad Maharaj he practiced devotional service which Narada Muni had taught him and then he got darshan of the lord and he got darshan and then he got blessings in a very congenial and loving way so now this applies this principle of purification preceding illumination applies not just to our eventual darshan of Krishna but it applies even to our darshan of Krishna in the day to day events of our life when things start going wrong when we start, if we understand Krishna’s hand in the situation we will be able to calm down and respond intelligently but to be able to see Krishna’s hand we have to be Krishna conscious that’s why when we do our chanting our study of scripture and our sadhana seriously and thus purify our consciousness then that purification create the setting by which illumination can occur during the course of our day, then we can get realizations that deepen our conviction and accelerate our purification so when our mind starts getting distracted when we are doing our core devotional activities we can meditate on this principle which Prahlad Maharaj is referring to purification must precede