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the material world. It is a fact that one may be very happy as far as riches are con-
cerned and one may be very opulent in every respect, yet one has to manage the
visayas to meet the demands of the body and of so many family members and
subordinates. One has to take so much trouble to minister to others. Narottama
dasa Thakura therefore prays: visaya chadiyaé kabe suddha ha’be mana. Thus one
must become freed from the materialistic way of life. One has to merge himself in
the ocean of transcendental bliss. In other words, one cannot relish transcenden-
tal bliss without being freed from the materialistic way of life. It appears that the
brahmana named Kurma was materially very happy, for he expressed his family
tradition as janma-kula-dhana. Now, being glorified, he wanted to leave all these
material opulences. He wanted to travel with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Accord-
ing to the Vedic way of civilization, one should leave his family after attaining fifty
years of age and go to the forest of Vrndavana to devote the rest of his life to the
service of the Lord.
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prabhu kahe,—“aiche vat kabhu na kahiba
grhe rahi’ krsna-nadma nirantara laiba
SYNONYMS

prabhu kahe—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; aiche vat—such words; kabhu —
at any time; nd kahibai—you should not speak; grhe rahi’—staying at home;
krsna-nama—the holy name of the Lord; nirantara—always; laibi—you should
chant.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, ‘Don’t speak like that again. Better to

remain at home and chant the holy name of Krsna always.
PURPORT

It is not advisable in this age of Kali to leave one’s family suddenly, for people
are not trained as proper brahmacdris and grhasthas. Therefore Sri Caitanya
Mahdprabhu advised the brahmana not to be too eager to give up family life. It
would be better to remain with his family and try to become purified by chanting
the Hare Ktsna maha-mantra regularly under the direction of a spiritual master.
This is the instruction of $ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. If this principle is followed by
