So desireless means when we don't desire anything material. Simply desire to serve Krsna. That is desirelessness. Sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam [Cc. Madhya 19.170]. Then it is nirmala, purified. And the, what is the function of the purified senses? Hrsikena hrsikesa sevanam bhaktir ucyate. When your..., there is no more material desires, none of your senses are engaged in anything except Krsna's service, this is purification. And in that purified state, when your senses are purified by this way, then you can render service to Krsna. That service is accepted. Then patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati tad aham asnami [Bg. 9.26]. In that stage of transcendental position, that is bhakti. Everything you offer to Krsna, He'll eat, with a great relish, "Oh, it is very nice." Just like Vidura(?) was offering the skin of the banana, and Krsna was eating. He was so much absorbed in Krsna thought, Krsna came to his house, and in great ecstasy he was opening the banana, and the skin was being offered to Krsna and the pulp was thrown away. But Krsna was eating that skin. Because yo me bhaktya prayacchati. Krsna can eat anything, He is all-powerful. Even if you give the skin or the pulp, it doesn't matter. But it must be yo me bhaktya prayacchati. The real thing is bhakti. So this is, when you are bhakta, then you are desireless. Otherwise desire cannot be finished. That is not possible. The Mayavadi philosophers say you become desireless. It is not possible. Desire can be purified in connection with service of Krsna.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
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