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Mental emotion usurps mental understanding :

Hence, a woman’s sight creates a deeper impression than
Paramatma’s darshan to many strong hearted people. This
is because Lord’s darshan is mere knowledge whereas a
woman’s sight creates a different feeling in the heart. The
heart experiences delight and glee.
A truly devotional person experiences such delight and peace
on seeing God. The heart feels ecstatic and the mind becomes
emotional with thoughts like, “Such a beautiful posture! How
fortunate I am to have acquired Vitaraga Lord’s darshan! How
can a person like me acquire Lord’s darshan ?” Such thoughts
send a chill down the spine and one experiences delight and
happiness. Even if the body is afflicted with some disease or
even if one is facing some financial crisis, a man drawn by
sensual desires is bound to get delighted by a woman’s sight
or touch. Similarly, it isn’t surprising if a devotee’s heart gets
pleased by Lord’s sight.

The attraction towards women is such that the even sight of
a half-dead woman is bound to delight the heart. Hence, even
the sight of a woman is dangerous.

Thus, we can conclude that the feeling of delight is different
and mere knowledge is different.

Does the sight of Vitaraga Lord give you mere knowledge
that, this is Vitaraga Lord or does it really touch and delight
your heart ?

Are you indifferent at the sight of a pretty woman or does
it please you ? Does it happen that your eyes do not rest on
the woman for even a moment and get closed immediately ?
Does it get engrossed in the contemplation of the Lord ?

It is difficult due to the fact that negative thoughts and ideas
have been inculcated in the soul since eternity. The eyes
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