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Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
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PURPORT
As stated by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura in his  Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya , some people, usually very rich men, dress like Vaiṣṇavas and give charity to  brāhmaṇas . They are also attached to Deity worship, but because of their attachment to material enjoyment, they cannot be pure Vaiṣṇavas.  Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam . The pure Vaiṣṇava has no desire for material enjoyment. That is the basic qualification of a pure Vaiṣṇava. There are men, especially rich men, who regularly worship the Deity, give charity to  brāhmaṇas  and are pious in every respect, but they cannot be pure Vaiṣṇavas. Despite their outward show of Vaiṣṇavism and charity, their inner desire is to enjoy a higher standard of material life. Raghunātha dāsa's father, Hiraṇya dāsa, and uncle, Govardhana, were both very charitable to  brāhmaṇas . Indeed, the  brāhmaṇas  from the Gauḍīya district were practically dependent upon them. Thus they were accepted as very pious gentlemen. However, they presented themselves as Vaiṣṇavas to the eyes of people in general, although from a purely spiritual point of view they were ordinary human beings, not pure Vaiṣṇavas. Actual Vaiṣṇavas considered them almost Vaiṣṇavas, not pure Vaiṣṇavas. In other words, they were  kaniṣṭha-adhikārīs , for they were ignorant of higher Vaiṣṇava regulative principles. Nevertheless, they could not be called  viṣayīs , or blind materialistic enjoyers.
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তথাপি বিষয়ের স্বভাব—করে মহা-অঙ্ক ।
সেই কর্ম করায়, যাতে হয় ভব-বঙ্ক ॥ ১৯৯ ॥
tathāpi viṣayera svabhāva —kare mahā-andha sei karma karāya, yāte haya bhava-bandha
SYNONYMS
tathāpi —still;  viṣayera svabhāva —the potency of material enjoyment;  kare mahā-andha —makes one completely blind;  sei karma karāya —causes one to act in that way;  yāte —by which;  haya —there is;  bhava-bandha —the bondage of birth and death.
TRANSLATION
“Those who are attached to materialistic life and are blind to spiritual life must act in such a way that they are bound to repeated birth and death by the actions and reactions of their activities.
PURPORT
As clearly stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (3.9),  yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ : If one does not act as a pure devotee, whatever acts he per-