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In the beginning of the Bhagavad-gita (Bg 1. 32-35),
Arjuna was suffering from a deluded state of mind
in which he thought spiritual activities and worship
of God were meant for personal gain. He addressed
Krishna as Govinda because he wrongly thought that
this exalted name of the Lord meant that Krishna
is the order supplier for the satisfaction of Arjuna’s
material desires. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
writes in his purport to this verse, “Arjuna has
addressed Lord Kṛṣṇa as Govinda because Kṛṣṇa is
the object of all pleasures for cows and the senses.
By using this significant word, Arjuna indicates that
Kṛṣṇa should understand what will satisfy Arjuna’s
senses. But Govinda is not meant for satisfying our
senses. If we try to satisfy the senses of Govinda,
however, then automatically our own senses are
satisfied. Materially, everyone wants to satisfy his
senses, and he wants God to be the order supplier
for such satisfaction. The Lord will satisfy the senses
of the living entities as much as they deserve, but
not to the extent that they may covet. But when one
takes the opposite way — namely, when one tries
to satisfy the senses of Govinda without desiring
to satisfy one’s own senses — then by the grace of
Govinda all desires of the living entity are satisfied.”
When we approach God to serve Him without any

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