Text 42] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 279
TEXT 41
a’ aE Crs He etfay cae |
watca ace Gara eifaw etfaa nasi
baga baga foka saba Gnila bolaiya
sabare kahe Srivasa hdsiya hasiya
SYNONYMS
bada baga—respectable; /oka—persons; saba--all; dnifa—brought them; boldiya—
causing to be called; sabdre—to everyone; kahe—addresses; Srivdsa—Srivasa Thakura;
hasiya hasiy@—while smiling.
TRANSLATION
Srivasa Thakura called for ail the respectable gentlemen of the neighborhood and
smilingly addressed them as follows.
TEXT 42
Frwy alee ofa ertfin Sarey-2fera |
wins fear cae, Steal-RerA i 82 1
nitya ratre kari Gmi bhavéni-pijjana
amara mahima dekha, brahmana-sajjana
SYNONYMS
nitya ratre—every night; kari—| do; émi—|; bhavani-pijana—worship of Bhavani,
the wife of Lord Siva; a@mara—my; mahima—glories; dekha—you see; brahmana-
sat-jana—all respectable brahmanas.
TRANSLATION
“Gentlemen, every night | worship the goddess Bhavani. Since the paraphernalia
for the worship is present here, now all you respectable brahmanas and members of
the higher castes can understand my position.”
PURPORT
According to the Vedic system there are four castes—the brahmanas, ksatriyas,
vaisyas and sidras—and below them are the paricamas, who are lower than the
Sidras. The higher castes—the brdhmanas, the ksatriyas and even the vaisyas—were
known as br@hmana-sajjana. The br@ahmanas especially were known as sajjana, or
respectable gentlemen who guided the entire society. If there were disputes in the
village, people would approach these respectable brahmanas to settle them. Now it
