SB 8.3.14 The unreal appears real because of the real; so be attracted to the real, not the unreal

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Shreemad Bhagwatam 8.3.14 Sarvendriya Guna Drashtri Sarva Pratyahetave Asatachayoktaya Sadabhasayate Namaha so here Gajendra continues his glorification of the extraordinary relationship of the Lord with the world by describing how the unreal world appears real because it is connected with the Lord in fact because it is connected with the Lord it is not actually unreal but it is temporary so he says Sadabhasayate Namaha so Asatachayoktaya this world is Asat it is temporary the word Asat can mean unreal it can mean temporary so that Prabhupada also explains elsewhere that which is actually temporary is in a sense unreal because its reality doesn’t continue forever so Asata and what is its nature Asatachayoktaya it is like a Chhaya like a shadow and what happens about it Sadabhasayate Namaha Sadabhas it appears as if it is true like we have Namabhas this is the appearance of the name so similarly whatever in this world looks attractive this attraction comes from Krishna and to the extent that we understand this to that extent we will not be attracted to it independently of Krishna.
Krishna described in the Bhagavad-Gita that all opulent beautiful and glorious things in this world reflect but a spark of his splendor in 10.41 and in the Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam Maya is defined as that which appears to have meaning but which does not have any connection with Krishna Rute Artham Yat Pratiye Tana Pratiye Chaatmani Tam Vidyadatmanomayam Yathabhaso Yathatama so here Gajendra is telling that actually this world its meaningfulness is because of its connection with you now constitutionally the world is connected with Krishna because it is energy of Krishna however in our consciousness often the world is not connected with Krishna and because of that we seek to enjoy in it independent of Krishna so he is also describing Sarva Pratyaya Hetave that actually in this world whatever doubts are there they will be resolved by your grace by your mercy without your mercy the doubts will not get resolved because the doubts ultimately come when we are unable to see the connection of things with you and when we start seeing the connection of things with you when you reveal that then we become purified and then the doubts go away so Sarva Gunendra Shrey you are the overseer the seer of all the actions of the world also so now as sadhakas all of us have things in this world which attract us now we have to use our intelligence to redirect our attraction from those things to Krishna and to the extent we are able to succeed in that to that extent Krishna conscious will become become joyful for us if I’m attracted to the good-looking forms of this world then I contemplate that the beauty of these forms comes from Krishna and if I see these forms as beautiful independent of Krishna then there will be only some temporary titillation which will disappear but if I see their connection with Krishna and remember that the spark is so attractive how much more the whole will be attractive and the beauty of the spark is present because there is so much beauty in the whole and actually this beauty is not the beauty of the spark itself independent of Krishna it is the beauty of the whole manifesting through the spark however when the beauty is manifesting in this spark it doesn’t take me towards Krishna it takes me away from Krishna so therefore let me not focus on the spark but let me direct myself towards the whole especially during chanting if we think in this way that actually whatever it is in this world is attracting me that is a spark of Krishna and the whole Krishna is manifesting before me as the holy name right now so I just need to purify myself and whatever pleasure I may get by attraction to worldly things and engagement and enjoyment of worldly things I can get all that and much more if I am just able to connect with Krishna and by thus contemplating we can wholeheartedly engage in devotional service and thereby awaken our love for Krishna perceiving him as a source of everything attractive in this world as