Page 80 - Defending Prabhupada Words - By Harivlas Das

The allegorical story of Adam and Eve is an example.
Because Eve was tempted by the words of Satan who put
a doubt in her mind about God, she became convinced to
violate the instructions of God. She was able to convince
her husband Adam to follow her reckless path. Thus, both
Adam and Eve lost the grace of God and were expelled
from the Garden of Eden. When a man becomes attached
to a materialistic woman, he also becomes less intelligent
and untrustworthy. Both Adam and Eve violated the
instruction of God and were expelled from the Garden
of Eden to live in the material world and experience
its travails.

On the other hand, the greatest devotees of Lord Krishna
are women. Gopi bhartur padakamalayor dasa dasa
dasanudasa. Lord Chaitanya aspired to be the devotee
of the devotee of the Gopi cowherd girls of Vrindaban
who personally served Lord Krishna with pure love and
devotion.

Kunti devi’s prayers are in the Srimad Bhagavatam and
Ramanuja Acarya has said, that he cherished the prayers
of Queen Kunti and regularly read and meditated on them.
Can we say that the Gopis, cowherd women who love Lord
Krishna and are considered His most intimate devotees,
and Queen Kunti, who has a loving parental relationship
with Krishna, are not intelligent or trustworthy? They are
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