Text 34]
The Renunciation of Kardama Muni
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are called  mūḍhas , consider Him one of them, and therefore they deride Him. They refuse to accept Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead because they cannot understand Him. In  Bhagavad-gītā  Kṛṣṇa says,  avajān-anti mām mūḍhāḥ : “Those who are rascals and fools deride Me.” When God descends in a form, this does not mean that He assumes His form with the help of the material energy. He manifests His spiritual form as He exists in His spiritual kingdom.
TEXT 34
आ साभिपृच्छेऽद्य पतिं प्रजानां त्वयावतीर्णाणं उताप्तकामः। परिव्रजत्पदवीमास्थितोऽहं चरिष्ये त्वां हृदि युञ्जन् विशोकः ॥३४॥
ā smābhipṛcche 'dya patim prajānām tvayāvatīrṇarṇa utāpta-kāmaḥ parivrajat-padavīm āsthito 'ham cariṣye tvām hṛdi yuñjan viśokaḥ
ā sma abhipṛcche—I am inquiring; adya—now; patim—the Lord; prajānām—of all created beings; tvayā—by You; avatīrṇa-ṛṇaḥ—free from debts; uta—and; āpta—fulfilled; kāmaḥ—desires; parivrajat—of an itinerant mendicant; padavīm—the path; āsthitaḥ—accepting; aham—I; cariṣye—I shall wander; tvām—You; hṛdi—in my heart; yuñjan—keeping; viśokaḥ—free from lamentation.
TRANSLATION
Today I have something to ask from You, who are the Lord of all living entities. Since I have now been liberated by You from my debts to my father, and since all my desires are fulfilled, I wish to accept the order of an itinerant mendicant. Renouncing this family life, I wish to wander about, free from lamentation, thinking always of You in my heart.
PURPORT
Actually,  sannyāsa , or renunciation of material household life, necessitates complete absorption in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and immersion in the Self. One does not take  sannyāsa , freedom from family responsibility in the renounced order of life, to make another family or to create an