250 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
Radha and Krsna with all attention. Na dharmarm nadharmarm sruti-gana-niruktarm
kila kuru: one should not be much interested in performing Vedic rituals or simply
following rules and regulations.

King Kulasekhara has written similarly, in his book Mukunda-mdla-stotra:

nastha dharme na vasu-nicaye naiva kamopabhoge
yad bhavyam tad bhavatu bhagavan purva-karmanuripam
etat prarthyarh mama bahu-matarh janma-janmantare ‘pi
tvat-padambho-ruha-yuga-gatd niscala bhaktir astu
“t have no attraction for performing religious rituals nor holding any earthly king-
dom. | do not care for sense enjoyments; let them appear and disappear in accor-
dance with my previous deeds. My only desire is to be fixed in devotional service
to the lotus feet of the Lord, even though | may continue to take birth here life
after life.”
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anugrahaya bhaktanarh
manusarh deham dsritah
bhajate tadrsif krida
yah Srutva tat-paro bhavet
SYNONYMS

anugrahaya—for showing favor; bhaktdndm—to the devotees; mdnusam—human-
like; deham—body; dsritah—accepting; bhajate—He enjoys; tadrsih—such; kridah—
pastimes; yah—which; srutvd—having heard; tat-parah—fully intent upon Him;
bhavet—one must become.

TRANSLATION

“Krsna manifests His eternal humaniike form and performs His pastimes to show
mercy to the devotees. Having heard such pastimes, one should engage in service to
Him.”

PURPORT

This text is from Srimad-Bhdgavatam (10.33.37). The Supreme Personality of
Godhead has innumerable expansions of His transcendental form who eternally
exist in the spiritual world. This material world is only a perverted reflection of the
spiritual world, where everything is manifested without inebriety. There every-
thing is in its original existence, free from the domination of time. Time cannot
deteriorate or interfere with the conditions in the spiritual world, where different
manifestations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are the recipients of the
