Text 78] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 299

or severe austerity and penance. Elsewhere in Bhagavad-gita (12.5) the Lord confirms
Rleso ‘dhikataras tes@m avyaktasakta-cetasam: ‘‘For those whose minds are attached
to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very
troublesome.” People who are attached to the impersonal feature of the Lord are
obliged to take great trouble, yet nevertheless they cannot understand the Absolute
Truth. As explained in Srimad-Bhdgavatam(1.2.11),brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan
iti Sabdyate. Unless one understands the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the
original source of both Brahman and Paramatma, one is still in darkness about the
Absolute Truth.
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murarike kahe tumi kesna vasa kaila
suniyd murGri sloka kahite laailg

SYNONYMS

murérike—unto Murari; kahe—says; tumi—you; krsna—Lord Krsna; vasa—satisfied;
kaild—made; suniya—hearing; murari—of the name Murari; s/oka—verses; kahite—to
speak; /@gi/@—began.

TRANSLATION

Lord Caitanya then praised Murari Gupta, saying, “You have satisfied Lord
Krsna.”" Hearing this, Murari Gupta quoted a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam:

TEXT 78
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BW AS Ws MRIs afaafBws va i

kvaham daridrah pdpiydn kva kesnah sri-niketanah
brahma-bandhur iti sméham bahubhyadm parirambhitah

SYNONYMS

kva—whereas; agham—| (am); daridrah—very poor; papiyan—sinful; kva— whereas;
krsnah—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sri-niketanafh—the reservoir of the
goddess of fortune; brahma-bandhufi—a caste bradhmana without brahminical quali-
fications; ft/—thus; sma—certainly; aham—\ {am}; bahubhyém—by the arms;
porirambnitafi—embraced.

TRANSLATION

“Since | am but a poor, sinful brahma-bandhu, not brahminically qualified
although born in a brahmana family, and You, Lord Krsna, are the shelter of the
