Text 142] The Glories of Haridisa Thakura 281

TEXT 141

Hr Ha FCA, HAA, SrigtH |
Bfewa-wan Cae, CAAA StS 985 1

tulasi sevana kare, carvana, upavasa
indriya-damana haila, premera prakasa

SYNONYMS

tulasi—the tulasi plant; sevana kare—she worshiped; carvana—chewing;
upavasa—fasting; indriya-damana—controlling the senses; haila—there was;
premera prakasa—manifestations symptomizing love of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

She worshiped the tulasi plant, following in the footsteps of her spiritual
master. Instead of eating regularly, she chewed whatever food she received as
alms, and if nothing was supplied she would fast. Thus by eating frugally and
fasting she conquered her senses, and as soon as her senses were controlled,
symptoms of love of Godhead appeared in her person.

TEXT 142

ofmel Cagad Caer rtaa-aerey |
AG aw Caaq Sra qefcacse ails issu

prasiddha vaisnavi haila parama-mahdanti
bada bada vaisnava tanra darsanete yanti

SYNONYMS

prasiddha—celebrated; vaisnavi—devotee of the Lord; haila—became;
parama-mahdanti—very advanced; bada bada vaisnava—many recognized, highly
situated devotees; tanra—her; darsanete—to see; yanti—used to go.

TRANSLATION

Thus the prostitute became a celebrated devotee. She became very ad-
vanced in spiritual life, and many stalwart Vaisnavas would come to see her.

PURPORT

Stalwart, highly advanced Vaisnava devotees are not interested in seeing
prostitutes, but when a prostitute or any other fallen soul becomes a Vaisnava,
stalwart Vaisnavas are interested in seeing them. Anyone can be turned into a
