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Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth
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who is very much proud, however, is unable to surrender either to the spiritual master or to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus he cannot understand the essence of any Vedic literature.  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  declares:
śabda-brahmaṇi niṣṇāto na niṣṇāyāt pare yadi śramas tasya śrama-phalo hy adhenum iva rakṣataḥ
“If one is learned in Vedic literature but is not a devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, his work is a useless waste of labor, just like the keeping of a cow that does not give milk.” ( Bhāg.  11.11.18)
Anyone who does not follow the surrendering process but is simply interested in an academic career cannot make any advancement. His profit is only his labor for nothing. If one is expert in the study of the  Vedas  but does not surrender to a spiritual master or Viṣṇu, all his cultivation of knowledge is but a waste of time and labor.
TEXT 258
তথাপি দাম্ভিক পড়ুয়া নত্র নাহি হয়।
যাহী তাহী প্রভূর নিন্দা হাসি’ সে করয় ॥ ২৫৮ ॥
tathāpi dāmbhika paḍuyā namra nāhi haya yāhāṅ tāhāṅ prabhura nindā hāsi’ se karaya
SYNONYMS
tathāpi —still;  dāmbhika —proud;  paḍuyā —students;  namra —submissive;  nāhi —not;  haya —become;  yāhāṅ —anywhere;  tāhāṅ —everywhere;  prabhura —of the Lord;  nindā —accusation;  hāsi’ —laughing;  se —they;  karaya —do.
TRANSLATION
But the proud student community did not become submissive. On the contrary, the students spoke of the incident anywhere and everywhere. In a laughing manner they criticized the Lord.
TEXT 259
সবজ্ঞ গোসাঞি জানি’ সবার তুর্গতি।
যারে বসি’ চিন্তে তা’-সবার অব্যাহতি ॥ ২৫৯ ॥
sarva-jña gosāñi jāni’ sabāra durgati ghare vasi’ cinte tā’-sabāra avyāhati