Text 26] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 271

PURPORT

Our Krsna consciousness movement stresses the chanting of the Hare Krsna
mantra only, whereas those who do not know the secret of success for this age of
Kali unnecessarily indulge in the cultivation of knowledge, the practice of mystic
yoga or the performance of fruitive activities or useless austerities. They are simply
wasting their time and misleading their followers. When we point this out very
plainly to an audience, members of opposing groups become angry at us. But accord-
ing to the injunctions of the sdstras, we cannot make compromises with these so-
calledjranis, yogis, karmis and tapasvis. When they say they are as good as we are, we
must say that only we are good and that they are not good. This is not our
obstinacy; it is the injunction of the sastras. We must not deviate from the injunc-
tions of the sastras. This is confirmed in the next verse of Caitenya-caritdmrta.

TEXT 25

BHU C8 Tica, Gla aifes foraia |
aife, atfe, atfe- 9 fis “aa’-stz ure tt

anyathd ye mane, tara nahika nistara
nahi, nahi, nahi——e tina ‘eva'-kara

SYNONYMS

anyatha—otherwise; ye—anyone who; mane—accepts; tara—of him; ndhika—there
is no; n/stara—deliverance; nahi nahi nahi—there is nothing else, nothing else, noth-
ing else; e—in this; tina—three; eva-kara—bearing the meaning of emphasis.

TRANSLATION

This verse clearly states that anyone who accepts any other path cannot be de-
livered. This is the reason for the triple repetition “nothing else, nothing else, noth-
ing else,” which emphasizes the real process of self-realization.

TEXT 26

Sel CRC TS Gage mel MICA ATA |
winks frafeatal, See fica ata noe t

traa haite nica hafid sada iabe nadma
apani nirabhimani, anye dibe mana

SYNONYMS

trna—grass; haite—than; nica—lower; hard—becoming; sada—al ways; f/abe—chant;
nama—the holy name; dpani—personally; nirabhimani— without honor; anye—unto
others; dibe—you should give; mdna—all respect.
