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The Residents of Vārānasī Recome Vaisnavas
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TBANSIATION
“‘Unless human society accepts the dust of the lotus feet of great mahātmās—devotees who have nothing to do with material possessions—mankind cannot turn its attention to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. Those lotus feet vanquish all the unwanted miserable conditions of material life.’
PURPORT
This verse appears in the  Śrimad-Bhāgavatam  (7.5.32).
TEXT 86
এবে তোমার পাদাজে উপজিবে ভক্তি । 
তথি লাগি’ করি তোমার চরণে প্রণতি ॥”৮৬ ॥
ebe tomāra pādābje upajibe bhakti tathi lāgi’ kari tomāra caraņe praņati’’
SYNONYMS
ebe —now;  tomāra —Your;  pāda-abje —to the lotus feet;  upajibe —will grow;  bhakti —devotional service;  tathi lāgi’ —for that reason;  kari —I do;  tomāra caraṇe praṇati —humble obeisances at Your lotus feet.
TRANSLATION
“Henceforward I shall certainly develop devotional service unto Your lotus feet. For this reason I have come to You and have fallen down at Your lotus feet.”
TEXT 87
এত বলি’ প্রভুরে লঞ্য তথায় বসিল । 
    প্রভুরে প্রকাশানন্দ পুছিতে লাগিল ॥ ৮৭ ॥
eta bali’ prabhure lañā tathāya vasila prabhure prakāśānanda puchite lāgila
SYNONYMS
eta bali' —saying this;  prabhure —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  lañā —taking;  tathāya vasila —sat down there;  prabhure —unto Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  pra-kāśānanda —Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī;  puchite lāgila —began to inquire.