Terti 17 Juli
The Lord's Return to Jagannatha Puri i
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tathāpi rākhite tāṅre bahu yatna kailuṅ īśvarera svatantra icchā rākhite nāriluṅ
SYNONYMS
tathāpi —still;  rākhite —to keep;  tāṅre —Him;  bahu —various;  yatna —endeavors;  kailuṅ —I made;  īśvarera —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  svatantra —independent;  icchā —desire;  rākhite —to keep;  nāriluṅ —I was unable.
TRANSLATION
“Still, I endeavored very hard to keep Him here, but because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and completely independent, I was not successful.”
TEXT 17
রাজা কহে,—ভট্ট তুমি বিজ্ঞশিরোমণি । তুমি তাঁরে ‘কৃষ্ণ’ কহ, তাতে সত্য মানি ॥ ১৭ ॥
rājā kahe, —bhaṭṭa tumi vijña-śiromaṇi tumi tāṅre ‘kṛṣṇa’ kaha, tāte satya māni
SYNONYMS
rājā kahe —the King said;  bhaṭṭa —Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya;  tumi —you;  vijñaśiromaṇi —the most experienced learned scholar;  tumi —you;  tāṅre —Him;  kṛṣṇa kaha —address as Lord Kṛṣṇa;  tāte —your statement;  satya māni —I accept as true.
TRANSLATION
The King said, “Bhaṭṭācārya, you are the most learned and experienced person I know. Therefore when you address Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as Lord Kṛṣṇa, I accept this as the truth.
PURPORT
This is the way to advance in spiritual science. One must accept the words of an ācārya, a bona fide spiritual master, to clear the path for spiritual advancement. This is the secret of success. However, one's guide must be a spiritual master who is actually an unalloyed devotee strictly following the instructions of the previous ācārya without deviation. Whatever the spiritual master says must be accepted by the disciple. Only then is success certain. This is the Vedic system.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was a  brāhmaṇa  and a realized soul, whereas Pra-tāparudra was a  kṣatriya .  Kṣatriya  kings used to obey very faithfully the orders of learned  brāhmaṇas  and saintly persons, and in this way they would rule their