samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat
tadvat kāmā yaḿ praviśanti sarve
sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī
A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires — that
enter like rivers into the ocean, which is ever being filled but is
always still — can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to
satisfy such desires.
PURPORT
Although the vast ocean is always filled with water, it is always,
especially during the rainy season, being filled with much more water.
But the ocean remains the same — steady; it is not agitated, nor does
it cross beyond the limit of its brink. That is also true of a person
fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
As long as one has the material body, the demands of the body for
sense gratification will continue. The devotee, however, is not
disturbed by such desires, because of his fullness. Desires may come
to him like the waters of the rivers that flow into the ocean, but he
is steady in his activities, and he is not even slightly disturbed by
desires for sense gratification. That is the proof of a Kṛṣṇa
conscious man — one who has lost all inclinations for material sense
gratification, although the desires are present.
Because he remains satisfied in the transcendental loving service of
the Lord, he can remain steady, like the ocean, and therefore enjoy
full peace. Others, however, who want to fulfill desires even up to
the limit of liberation, what to speak of material success, never
attain peace. The fruitive workers, the salvationists, and also the
yogīs who are after mystic powers are all unhappy because of
unfulfilled desires.
But the person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is happy in the service of
the Lord, and he has no desires to be fulfilled. In fact, he does not
even desire liberation from the so-called material bondage.
The devotees of Kṛṣṇa have no material desires, and therefore they
are in perfect peace.
[Bhagavad Gita 2.70]
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