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There's an interesting, if not humorous, statement in the Bhāgavata about how there are only two kinds of people who are happy: there is the fool who is in ignorance and the person who has attained complete perfection. Everybody else in between feels 'a pinch.'
In fact there is a verse Kṛṣṇa speaks (SB 11.20.27-28) about this interim stage where He says:
jāta-śraddho mat-kathāsu
nirviṇṇaḥ sarva-karmasu
veda duḥkhātmakān kāmān
parityāge ’py anīśvaraḥ
tato bhajeta māṁ prītaḥ
śraddhālur dṛḍha-niścayaḥ
juṣamāṇaś ca tān kāmān
duḥkhodarkāṁś ca garhyan
He acknowledges that someone’s faith has awakened—jāta-śraddha. Jāta means the faith has awakened in hearing and chanting, and they say this is the panacea. Then He also says they are aware that sense gratification leads to misery—veda duḥkhātmakān kāmān. But parityāge ’py anīśvaraḥ: He says they don't have the power to not engage in sense gratification. Īśvara means "supreme controller"; it also means the ability to do something. Parityāge means they can't give it up, even though they know that it's not sanguine.
But then He goes on to say, tato bhajeta māṁ prītaḥ śraddhālur dṛḍha-niścayaḥ: You should continue on the path with and not be too disturbed because of the fact that you’re not at a stage where you feel masterful. (And this isn’t exactly your point yet, but I’m building a foundation for getting there.)
At the end of the verse, He uses the word garhyan. Garhyan means you can be a little concerned but not overly so that you are not in the position yet because as the ācāryas explain that word in the verse: if you become overly disturbed by your own ineptitude, then you may give up the process. So Kṛṣṇa is encouraging and saying, "It's okay; you’re in the medium stage. So keep going.
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