Text 28] The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva
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any importance to the instructions of Kṛṣṇa, the advancement of their so-called civilization resembles the crazy efforts of men in a lunatic asylum.
TEXT 27
श्रातर्मम सुतः कञ्चिन्मात्रा सह भवद्वजे । तातं भवन्तं मन्वानो भवद्भ्यामुपलालितः ॥२७॥
bhrātar mama sutaḥ kaccin mātrā saha bhavad-vraje tātaṁ bhavantaṁ manvāno bhavadbhyām upalālitaḥ
bhrātaḥ —my dear brother;  mama —my;  sutaḥ —son (Baladeva, born of Rohiṇī);  kaccit —whether;  mātrā saha —with His mother, Rohiṇī;  bhavat-vraje —in your house;  tātaṁ —as father;  bhavantaṁ —unto you;  manvānaḥ —thinking;  bhavadbhyām —by you and your wife, Yaśodā;  upalālitaḥ —properly being raised.
TRANSLATION
My son Baladeva, being raised by you and your wife, Yaśodādevi, considers you His father and mother. Is he living very peacefully in your home with His real mother, Rohiṇī?
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पुंसस्त्रिवर्गो विहितः सुहृदो ह्यनुभावितः । न तेषु क्लिश्यमानेषु त्रिवर्गोऽर्थाय कल्पते ॥२८॥
puṁsas tri-vargo vihitaḥ suhṛdo hy anubhāvitaḥ na teṣu kliśyamāneṣu tri-vargo 'rthāya kalpate
puṁsaḥ —of a person;  tri-vargaḥ —the three aims of life (religion, economic development and sense gratification);  vihitaḥ —enjoined according to Vedic ritualistic ceremonies;  suhṛdaḥ —toward relatives and