Text 68] The Deliverance of Gopinatha Pattanayaka 161
TEXT 67
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“BAH CBA GE TITS CHS ST TTA PWN
kasi-misra kahe prabhura dhariya carane
“tumi kene ei vate ksobha kara mane?
SYNONYMS
kagi-migra kahe—Kaéi Misra said; prabhura—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
dhariyd carane—embracing the lotus feet; tumi—You; kene—why; ei vate—by
these talks; ksobha kara—become agitated; mane—within the mind.
TRANSLATION
Kasi Misra caught hold of the Lord’s lotus feet and said, ‘‘Why should You
be agitated by these affairs?
TEXT 68
Way Faas CNA BATA WAG P
Haata mf COM STH, AS Sia-TS Nw 4
sannyasi virakta tomara ka-sane sambandha?
vyavahara lagi’ toma bhaje, sei jfana-andha
SYNONYMS
sannyasi—a sannyasi; virakta—one who has given up all connections with
everyone; tomara—Your; ka-sane—with whom; sambandha—relationship;
vyavahdra lagi’—for some material purpose; toma bhaje —worships You; sei—he;
jfiana-andha—blind to all knowledge.
TRANSLATION
“You are a renounced sannyasi. What connections do You have? One who
worships You for some material purpose is blind to all knowledge.”
PURPORT
Becoming a devotee of the Lord to serve material purposes is a great mistake.
Many people become showbottle devotees for material profits. Indeed ma-
terialistic persons sometimes take to professional devotional service and keep
Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as a means of livelihood. None of
this, however, is approved. In the book known as Sapta-Sati, as mentioned by Srila
