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Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth
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or severe austerity and penance. Elsewhere in  Bhagavad-gītā  (12.5) the Lord confirms  kleśo 'dhikataras teṣām avyaktāsakta-cetasām : "For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome." People who are attached to the impersonal feature of the Lord are obliged to take great trouble, yet nevertheless they cannot understand the Absolute Truth. As explained in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (1.2.11),  brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate . Unless one understands the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original source of both Brahman and Paramātmā, one is still in darkness about the Absolute Truth.
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মুরারিকে কহে ভুমি কৃষ্ণ বণ কৈলা ।
শুনিয়া মুরারি শ্লোক কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৭৭ ॥
murārike kahe tumi kṛṣṇa vaśa kailā śuniyā murāri śloka kahite lānilā
SYNONYMS
murārike —unto Murāri;  kahe —says;  tumi —you;  kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  vaśa —satisfied;  kailā —made;  śuniyā —hearing;  murāri —of the name Murāri;  śloka —verses;  kahite —to speak;  lāgilā —began.
TRANSLATION
Lord Caitanya then praised Murāri Gupta, saying, "You have satisfied Lord Kṛṣṇa." Hearing this, Murāri Gupta quoted a verse from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam :
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কাহং দরিদ্র: পাপীয়ান্ ক কৃষ্ণ: শ্রীনিকেতন: ।
অস্ববদ্ধরিতি স্মাহং বাহুভ্যাং পরিরক্ষিত: ॥ ৭৮ ॥
kvāhaṁ daridraḥ pāpīyān kva kṛṣṇaḥ śrī-niketanaḥ brahma-bandhur iti smāhaṁ bāhubhyāṁ parirambhitaḥ
SYNONYMS
kva —whereas;  aham —I (am);  daridraḥ —very poor;  pāpīyān —sinful;  kva —whereas;  kṛṣṇaḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  śrī-niketanaḥ —the reservoir of the goddess of fortune;  brahma-bandhuḥ —a caste  brāhmaṇa  without brahminical qualifications;  iti —thus;  sma —certainly;  aham —I (am);  bāhubhyām —by the arms;  parirambhitaḥ —embraced.
TRANSLATION
"Since I am but a poor, sinful brahma-bandhu, not brahminically qualified although born in a  brāhmaṇa  family, and You, Lord Kṛṣṇa, are the shelter of the