Text 259] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 391

who is very much proud, however, is unable to surrender either to the spiritual
master or to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus he cannot understand the
essence of any Vedic literature. Srimad-Bhdgavatam declares:

$abda-brahmani nisndto
na nispayat pare yadi
$ramas tasya Srama-phalo
hy adhenum ive raksatah

“If one is learned in Vedic literature but is not a devotee of Lord Visnu, his work is
a useless waste of labor, just like the keeping of a cow that does not give milk."
(Bhag. 11.11.18)

Anyone who does not fotlow the surrendering process but is simply interested
in an academic career cannot make any advancement. His profit is only his labor
for nothing. If one is expert in the study of the Vedas but does not surrender to a
spiritual master or Visnu, all his cultivation of knowledge is but a waste of time and
labor,

TEXT 258
wei hy wifes raz aa athe ea |
AG] Sel aga form ify cH FAW | 2eu I

tathapi dambhika paguyad namra nahi haya
yahan tahadn prabhura nindé hasi’ se karaya

SYNONYMS

tathapi-still; dambhika— proud; paguyd—students; namra—submissive; nahi—not;
haya—become; ydhdn—any where; tdhdri—every where; prabhura—of the Lord; nindd
—accusation; hds/'—laughing; se—they ; karaya—do.

TRANSLATION

But the proud student community did not become submissive. On the contrary,
the students spoke of the incident anywhere and everywhere. In a laughing manner
they criticized the Lord.

TEXT 259
wea cattaifis orifa’ naa |sffs i
aca afr fore Sl-nala matefs a rca i

sarva-jfia gosdfi jani’ sabdra durgati
ghare vosi’ cinte ta’-sabéra avyahati
