Text 80] The Advent of Lord Caitanya 95

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putra para dampati haifa Gnandita mana
visese sevana kare govinda-carana

SYNONYMS

putra—son; paéfa—having gotten; dampati—husband and wife; haifg—became;
Gnandita— pleased; mana—mind; visese—specifically; sevana—service; Rare—render;
govinda-carana—the lotus feet of Lord Govinda.

TRANSLATION

The husband and wife [Jagannatha Misra and Sacimata], having gotten
Visvariipa as their son, were very pleased within their minds. Because of their
pleasure, they specifically began to serve the lotus feet of Govinda.

PURPORT

There is a common saying in India that everyone goes to worship the Supreme
Personality of Godhead when he is in distress, but when a person is in an opulent
position, he forgets God. In Bhagavad-gitd (7.16) this is also confirmed:

catur-vidhé bhajante marh
jandh sukrtino ‘rjuna

Grto jijAasur artharthi
jfiani ca bharatarsabha

“If backed by pious activities in the past, four kinds of men—namely, those who are
distressed, those in need of money, those searching after knowledge and those who
are inquisitive—become interested in devotional service.” The husband and wife,
Jagannatha Misra and Sacimata, were very unhappy because their eight daughters
had passed away. Now, when they got Visvartipa as their son, certainly they became
extremely happy. They knew that it was by the grace of the Lord that they were
endowed with such happiness and opulence. Therefore instead of forgetting the
Lord, they become more and more adherent in rendering service to the lotus feet of
Govinda. When a common man becomes opulent, he forgets God; but the more
opulent a devotee becomes by the grace of the Lord, the more he becomes attached
to the service of the Lord.

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