anarthas | Jayapataka Swami

Question: When we see the ladder in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, niṣṭhā comes after anartha-nivṛtti. So, is that I will become steady in practicing devotional service after I become free from all anarthas?

Jayapataka Swami: The anarthas are such that, we have some days very good, strong, some days not so good, not so strong,that means unsteady,and then niṣṭhā means you are steady. So, when you actually become almost free from the anarthas, you become more fixed, more...

Question: There are different incarnations with different purposes. Can we worship all the incarnations just like in the material world, they worship Lakṣmīdevī to get opulence, to get riches. Saraswati to get material knowledge, like that are there any incarnations we can worship to destroy our anarthas, like kāma, krodha, lobha, etc.?

Guru Maharaj: You see we should not worship Lakṣmī for getting material riches. If we worship Kṛṣṇa, then He has millions of Lakṣmīs with Him. And Saraswati we should worship to get divine knowledge, knowledge of Kṛṣṇa. Keshava Kashmiri was a Digvijay paṇḍita. He had...

Question: Sometimes it so happens that we lose our determination. How to gain consistency in devotional service?

Guru Maharaj: This is one of the anarthas. Sometimes we are very determined, sometimes we are very weak. So this is called thick and thin anartha. Sometimes our devotion is very thick and sometimes it is very thin. So, naturally when you get over this stage, by...