Text 149] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 277

Therefore when reading Vedic literature, we must take the path traversed by
great dcaryas: mahdjano yena gatah sa panthah. Unless one follows the path
traversed by great acdryas, he cannot understand the real purport of the Vedas.

TEXT 148

cacea faye wef gaa al SH
AMT CAS Sel Fay fHoT |W s8e- I

vedera nigddha artha bujhana na haya
purana-vakye sei artha karaya niscaya

SYNONYMS
vedera—of the Vedic literature; nigdGdha—confidential; artha—meaning; bu-
jhana—understanding; na—not; haya—is; purana-vakye—by the words of the
Puranas; sei—that; artha—meaning; karaya—makes; niscaya—certain.

TRANSLATION

“The confidential meaning of the Vedas is not easily understood by com-
mon men; therefore that meaning is supplemented by the words of the
Puranas.

TEXT 149

SCR STATATL GATE AACA HATS FATT |
UMHS AAAS UVR BH AATGAT | 982 I

aho bhagyam aho bhagyam
nanda-gopa-vrajaukasam

yan-mitram paramanandam
purnam brahma sanatanam

SYNONYMS

aho—what great; bhdgyam—fortune; aho—what great; bhagyam—fortune;
nanda—of Maharaja Nanda; gopa—of other cowherd men; vraja-okasim—of the
inhabitants of Vrajabhimi; yat—of whom; mitram—friend; parama-anandam—
the supreme bliss; pdrnam—complete; brahma—the Absolute Truth;
sanatanam—eternal.

TRANSLATION

“ ‘How greatly fortunate are Nanda Maharaja, the cowherd men and all the
inhabitants of Vrajabhimi! There is no limit to their fortune because the Ab-
