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the material world. It is a fact that one may be very happy as far as riches are concerned and one may be very opulent in every respect, yet one has to manage the  viṣayas  to meet the demands of the body and of so many family members and subordinates. One has to take so much trouble to minister to others. Narottama dāsa Thākura therefore prays:  viṣaya chāḍiyā kabe śuddha ha'be mana . Thus one must become freed from the materialistic way of life. One has to merge himself in the ocean of transcendental bliss. In other words, one cannot relish transcendental bliss without being freed from the materialistic way of life. It appears that the  brāhmaṇa  named Kūrma was materially very happy, for he expressed his family tradition as  janma-kula-dhana . Now, being glorified, he wanted to leave all these material opulences. He wanted to travel with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. According to the Vedic way of civilization, one should leave his family after attaining fifty years of age and go to the forest of Vṛndāvana to devote the rest of his life to the service of the Lord.
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প্রভু কহে, - “ঐছে বাত্ কভু না কহিবা। গৃহে রহি’ কৃষ্ণ-নাম নিরন্তর লৈবা ॥ ১২৭ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “aiche vāt kabhu nā kahibā gṛhe rahi’ kṛṣṇa-nāma nirantara laibā
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe  — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said;  aiche vāt  — such words;  kabhu  — at any time;  nā kahibā  — you should not speak;  gṛhe rahi’  — staying at home;  kṛṣṇa-nāma  — the holy name of the Lord;  nirantara  — always;  laibā  — you should chant.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “Don’t speak like that again. Better to remain at home and chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa always.
PURPORT
It is not advisable in this age of Kali to leave one’s family suddenly, for people are not trained as proper  brahmacārīs  and  gṛhasthas . Therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised the  brāhmaṇa  not to be too eager to give up family life. It would be better to remain with his family and try to become purified by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra  regularly under the direction of a spiritual master. This is the instruction of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. If this principle is followed by