ETERNAL PERFECTION<\/p>\n
Persons who have achieved eternal, blissful life exactly on the level of \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, and who are able to attract Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a by their transcendental loving service, are called eternally perfect. The technical name is nitya-siddha. There are two classes of living entities \u2013 namely, nitya-siddha and nitya-baddha. The distinction is that the nitya-siddhas are eternally K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a conscious without any forgetfulness, whereas the nitya-baddhas, or eternally conditioned souls, are forgetful of their relationship with K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a.<\/p>\n
The position of the nitya-siddhas is explained in the Padma Pur\u0101\u1e47a in connection with the narration of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and Satyabh\u0101m\u0101-dev\u012b. The Lord tells Satyabh\u0101m\u0101, \u201cMy dear Satyabh\u0101m\u0101-dev\u012b, I have descended to this earthly planet by the request of Lord Brahm\u0101 and other demigods. Those who are born into this family of Yadu are all My eternal associates. My dear wife, you should not consider that My associates are ever separated from Me; they are My personal expansions, and as such, you must know that they are almost as powerful as I am. Because of their transcendental qualities, they are very, very dear to Me, as I am very, very dear to them.\u201d Anyone who becomes exhilarated by hearing of the pastimes of Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a when He was present on this earth with His associates is to be understood as nitya-siddha, eternally perfect.<\/p>\n
In the Tenth Canto, fourteenth chapter, verse 32 of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam there is this statement: \u201cHow wonderful are the fortunate residents of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana, such as Nanda and the other cowherd men. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supreme Brahman, has actually become their intimate friend!\u201d<\/p>\n
A similar statement is there in the Tenth Canto, twenty-sixth chapter, verse 10 of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam. When Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a lifted Govardhana Hill, the cowherd men, under the protection of Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, became struck with wonder and went to Nanda Mah\u0101r\u0101ja and inquired from him, \u201cMy dear Nanda Mah\u0101r\u0101ja, how is it that we are so intensely attached to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and that K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is also so affectionately attached to us? Does it mean that He is the Supersoul of everyone?\u201d<\/p>\n
All of the residents of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana and Dv\u0101rak\u0101 \u2013 namely, the cowherd men and the members of the Yadu family \u2013 are eternally perfect devotees of the Lord. As the Lord descends by His causeless mercy upon this planet, so, in order to help in the pastimes of the Lord, these devotees also come here. They are not ordinary living entities or conditioned souls; they are ever-liberated persons, associates of the Personality of Godhead. And just as Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a behaves like an ordinary man when He descends to this planet, so the members of the Yadu dynasty and the residents of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana execute activities just like ordinary men. But they are not ordinary men; they are as liberated as Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Himself.<\/p>\n
In the Padma Pur\u0101\u1e47a, Uttara-kha\u1e47\u1e0da section, it is stated, \u201cJust as Lord R\u0101macandra descends along with Lak\u1e63ma\u1e47a [an expansion of Sa\u1e45kar\u1e63a\u1e47a] and Bharata [an expansion of Pradyumna], so the members of the Yadu dynasty and the cowherd men of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana also descend with Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a in order to join in the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. When the Supreme Lord returns to His eternal abode, His associates return with Him to their respective places. As such, these ever-liberated Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas are not bound by the material laws of birth and death.\u201d<\/p>\n
As stated in Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 by the Lord Himself, His birth, deeds and activities are all transcendental. Similarly, the birth, deeds and activities of the associates of the Lord are also transcendental. And as it is an offense to consider oneself to be K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, so it is offensive to consider oneself to be Ya\u015bod\u0101, Nanda or any other associate of the Lord. We should always remember that they are transcendental; they are never conditioned souls.<\/p>\n
It is described that K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the enemy of Ka\u1e41sa, has sixty-four transcendental qualities, and all of the ever-liberated souls who accompany the Lord have the first fifty-five of the qualities, without any doubt. Such devotees are related to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in any of five transcendental mellows \u2013 namely, neutrality, servitorship, friendship, parenthood and conjugal love. These relationships with the Lord are eternal, and therefore nitya-siddha devotees do not have to strive to attain the perfectional stage by executing regulative devotional principles. They are eternally qualified to serve K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ETERNAL PERFECTION Persons who have achieved eternal, blissful life exactly on the level of \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, and who are able to attract Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a by their transcendental loving service, are called eternally perfect. The technical name … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 09:55:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}