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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
Murāri Gupta, and thus He was cured. The natural remedy for indigestion is to drink a little water, and since Murāri Gupta was a physician, he gave the Lord some drinking water and cured Him. When Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared in the house of Śrīvāsa Thākura in His Caturbhuja  mūrti , Murāri Gupta became His carrier in the form of Garuḍa, and in these pastimes of ecstasy the Lord then got up on his back. It was the desire of Murāri Gupta to leave his body before the disappearance of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but the Lord forbade him to do so. This is described in  Caitanya-bhāgavata ,  Madhya-līlā , Chapter Twenty. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu one day appeared in ecstasy as the Varāha  mūrti , Murāri Gupta offered Him prayers. He was a great devotee of Lord Rāmacandra, and his staunch devotion is vividly described in the  Madhya-līlā , Fifteenth Chapter, verses 137 through 157.
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প্রতিগ্রহ নাহি করে, না লম্ন কার ধন।
আত্মবৃত্তি করি’ করে কুটুম্ব ভরণ ॥ ৫০ ॥
pratigraha nāhi kare, nā laya kāra dhana ātma-vṛtti kari’ kare kuṭumba bharaṇa
SYNONYMS
pratigraha nāhi kare —he did not accept charity from anyone;  nā —not;  laya —take;  kāra —anyone’s;  dhana —wealth;  ātma-vṛtti —own profession;  kari’ —executing;  kare —maintained;  kuṭumba —family;  bharaṇa —provision.
TRANSLATION
Śrīla Murāri Gupta never accepted charity from friends, nor did he accept money from anyone. He practiced as a physician and maintained his family with his earnings.
PURPORT
It should be noted that a  gṛhastha  (householder) must not make his livelihood by begging from anyone. Every householder of the higher castes should engage himself in his own occupational duty as a  brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya  or  vaiśya , but he should not engage in the service of others, for this is the duty of a  śūdra . One should simply accept whatever he earns by his own profession. The engagements of a  brāhmaṇa  are  yajana ,  yājana ,  paṭhana ,  pāṭhana ,  dāna  and  pratigraha . A  brāhmaṇa  should be a worshiper of Viṣṇu, and he should also instruct others how to worship Him. A  kṣatriya  can become a landholder and earn his livelihood by levying taxes or collecting rent from tenants. A  vaiśya  can accept agriculture or general trade as an occupational duty. Since Murāri Gupta was born in a physician’s family ( vaidya-vaṁśa ), he practiced as a physician, and with whatever income he earned he maintained his family. As stated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , everyone should execute his occupational duty, and thus he should satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the perfection of life. This system is called  daiva-varṇāśrama . Murāri Gupta was an ideal