Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that "I don't want any material wealth," dhanam. Na janam. "I don't want to be leader of hundreds and thousand of people, president or this or that. No." These are material desires. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu is nullifying everything: "No, I don't want this." Na dhanam na janam na sundarim kavitam. "I don't want any beautiful wife also." These are material desires. Everyone wants. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu rejects. Then you want mukti? Because after all, mukti... Dharma artha kama moksa. Moksa means mukti. People are addicted to these four principles. So ultimately, You want mukti? "No. That is also not." Why? Mama janmani janmani. Janma, if one takes birth again, then there is no mukti. Mukti means no more taking birth in this material world. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, "I don't want this, don't want this, don't want this." And janmani janmani means "I don't want mukti also." Janmani... If one is mukta, he is liberated, he cannot take birth again. So He says, mama janmani janmani: "Let there be birth after birth, birth after birth. It doesn't matter." Then what You want actually? No. Mama janmani janmanisvare bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi: "Simply I want to serve You. That's all. It doesn't matter. What shall I do with mukti? I may go to hell; it doesn't matter. But I want to serve You there also."
Prabhupada's lecture.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.48
Los Angeles, May 10, 1973
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