Ultimate Desired Result - Love of God

Every human endeavor is driven by the expectation of a result, whether it be wealth, fame, or liberation from suffering. However, Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that most attainments are temporary and ultimately unsatisfying, like beating empty husks of wheat. This article explores the distinction between material success and spiritual perfection, revealing that the only result worthy of the soul's eternal nature is the reawakening of pure love for God.

Futility of Dry Endeavor

In the pursuit of success, many people adopt processes of speculative knowledge, severe austerity, or mystic yoga. However, Śrīla Prabhupāda warns that these paths are often like beating empty husks of wheat—one gets only trouble, not grain. Without the integration of devotional service (bhakti), no amount of intellectual or physical gymnastics can yield the perfection of self-realization.

• A person who beats an empty husk of wheat cannot get grain, and one who engages simply in speculative knowledge cannot achieve the desired result of self realization. The only gain is trouble.
• The path of knowledge or that of mystic gymnastics may be adopted as a means for the purpose, but unless mixed with bhakti, or devotional service, they are unable to award the desired result.
• Although people are inclined to practice these processes (fruitive activity, speculative knowledge and the mystic yoga system), they cannot attain the desired results without being touched by krsna-bhakti, devotional service.

Nine Processes of Perfection

Unlike rigid ritualistic paths, the path of devotional service offers variety and accessibility. The history of the great devotees demonstrates that one can achieve the ultimate desired result by perfecting even a single limb of devotion—such as hearing, praying, or serving—provided it is done with sincerity and under expert guidance.

• Just by glorifying the Lord, Sukadeva Gosvami, the speaker of Srimad-Bhagavatam, attained his perfection. (3) By praying to the Lord, Akrura attained the desired result. (4) By remembering the Lord, Prahlada Maharaja attained the desired result.
• By rendering personal service to the Lord, Hanuman attained the desired result.
• Through his friendship with the Lord, Arjuna attained the desired result. (9) By surrendering everything he had to the Lord, Maharaja Bali attained the desired result.

Source of All Benedictions

The Bhagavad-gītā establishes that Lord Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate beneficiary and sanctioner of all sacrifices (bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasām). Even those who worship demigods for temporary material benefits receive their desired results only because Kṛṣṇa sanctions it. The intelligent person, therefore, bypasses the middlemen and goes directly to the source.

• As stated in Bhagavad-gita (BG 5.29), Lord Sri Krsna is the master of all penances and sacrifices. Bhoktaram yajna-tapasam sarva-loka-mahesvaram. Thus the desired result of performing austerities may be derived from Lord Krsna.
• The worship of demigods and achievement of desired results are not due to the demigods but to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by arrangement.
• It is not that if one executes his duty properly he is automatically promoted, for promotion depends upon the satisfaction of the SP of G. It must ultimately be concluded that one can achieve the desired result of his activities upon satisfying the Lord.

Defining the Ultimate Goal

What is the true objective of spiritual life? It is not merely the negation of suffering or liberation from birth and death. As Haridāsa Ṭhākura explains, the real desired result of chanting the Holy Name is the awakening of dormant love for Kṛṣṇa. This love is the only fruit that can fully satisfy the soul.

• Haridasa Thakura said that the desired result of chanting the holy name of the Lord is not that one is liberated from material bondage or freed from the reactions of sinful life.
• Real desired result is to invoke dormant love for Krsna.
• The perfection of one's execution of his appointed duties is the ultimate satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. The word kama-sandohah means "achievement of the desired result.

Conclusion

The search for the "desired result" drives all action, but without spiritual intelligence, humanity often settles for the temporary husks of material pleasure or impersonal liberation. The Vedic wisdom guides us to the ultimate fruit: returning home, back to Godhead. By engaging in the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness with patience and determination, we are guaranteed to achieve the supreme result—not by our own power, but by the mercy of the Lord who is always eager to fulfill the spiritual desires of His devotees.

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