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The Lord's Attempt to Go to Vrndāvana
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TRANSLATION
“Indeed, the humility of these two brothers could even melt stone. Because I was very pleased with their behavior, I told them, ‘Although you are both very exalted, you consider yourselves inferior, and because of this, Κρṣṇa will very soon deliver you.’
PURPORT
Such are the qualifications of a pure devotee. Materially one may be very opulent, experienced, influential and educated, but if one still thinks himself lower than straw in the street, one attracts the attention of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu or Lord Kṛṣṇa. Although Mahārāja Pratāparudra was a king, he took up a broom to cleanse the road for Lord Jagannātha's Ratha chariot. Because of this humble service, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased with the King, and for that reason the Lord embraced him. According to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's instructions, a devotee should never be puffed up by material power. He should know that material power is the result of one's past good activities ( karma ) and is consequently transient. At any moment all one's material opulence can be finished; therefore a devotee is never proud of such opulence. He is always humble and meek, considering himself lower than a piece of straw. Because of this, the devotees are eligible to return home, back to Godhead.
TEXTS 265-266
এত কছি’ আগি ষৰে বিদায় তাঁৰে দিল ।।
গমনকালে সনাতন ‘প্রহেলী’ কহিল  ॥ ২৬৫ ॥
বাঁৱ সঙ্গে হয় এই লোক লক্ষ কোটি ।।
কুল্লাবন ঘাইবার   এই নহে পরিপাটী । ২৬৬ ॥
eta kahi’ āmi yabe vidāya tāṅre dila gamana-kāle sanātana ‘prahelī’ kahila
yāṅra saṅge haya ei loka lakşa koṭi vṛndāvana yāibāra ei nahe paripāṭi
SYNONYMS
eta kahi’ —saying this;  āmi —l;  yabe —when;  vidāya —farewell;  tāṅre —unto them;  dila —gave;  gamana-kāle —while going;  sanātana —Sanātana;  prahelī —enigma;  kahila —said;  yāṅra saṅge —with whom;  haya —is;  ei —this;  loka —crowd of people;  lakṣa koṭi —hundreds of thousands;  vṛndāvana —to Vṛndāvana-dhāma;  yāibāra —for going;  ei —this;  nahe —not;  paripāṭī —the method.