58 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 9

possessed by the Supreme Lord, having the same bodily features as the Lord,
associating with the Lord and merging into the body of the Lord. The pure
devotees do not accept these benedictions without the service of the Lord.’

PURPORT
This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.29.13).

TEXT 269
Ct Taras PeSQSRaAtAtaty
attest: fagas qaeta: aratecataty |
CHRATTBR SSE HASTE TyhAB-
CHATRISPATATASCAAH FS ft wa |

yo dustyajan ksiti-suta-svajanartha-daran
prarthyam sriyam sura-varaih sadayavalokam

naicchan nrpas tad ucitarh mahatam madhu-dvit-
sevanurakta-manasadm abhavo ‘pi phalguh

SYNONYMS

yah—one who; dustyajan—very difficult to give up; ksiti—land; suta—
children; svajana—relatives; artha—riches; daran—and wife; prarthyam—desir-
able; sriyam—fortune; sura-varaih—by the best of the demigods; sa-dayd—mer-
ciful; avalokam—whose glance; na aicchat—did not desire; nrpah—the King
(Maharaja Bharata); tat—that; ucitam—is befitting; mahatam—of great per-
sonalities; madhu-dvit—of the killer of the demon Madhu; sevd-anurakta—
engaged in the service; manasam—the minds of whom; abhavah—cessation of
the repetition of birth and death; api—even; phalguh—insignificant.

TRANSLATION

““‘It is very difficult to give up material opulence, land, children, society,
friends, riches, wife, or the blessings of the goddess of fortune, which are
desired even by great demigods. King Bharata did not desire such things, and
this was quite befitting his position because for a pure devotee whose mind is
always engaged in service of the Lord, even liberation or merging into the ex-
istence of the Lord is insignificant. And what to speak of material oppor-
tunity?’

PURPORT

This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (5.14.44) concerning the glorification of
King Bharata, whom Sukadeva Gosvami was describing to King Pariksit.
