Text 17] The Lord’s Return to Jagannatha Puri 117

tathapi rakhite tanre bahu yatna kailun
isvarera svatantra iccha, rakhite nariluA

SYNONYMS
tathapi—still; rakhite—to keep; tafre—Him; bahu—various; yatna—en-
deavors; kailun—I made; isvarera—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sva-
tantra—independent; iccha—desire; rakhite—to keep; narilun—| was unable.

TRANSLATION

“Still, | endeavored very hard to keep Him here, but because He is the
Supreme Personality of Godhead and completely independent, | was not suc-
cessful.”

TEXT 17

aiei Sca,—SE GA fash carafe |
Oly Sica ‘Hw’ Fz, SteG AB afar 390

raja kahe, ——bhatta tumi vijfia-siromani
tumi tanre ‘krsna’ kaha, tate satya mani

SYNONYMS
raja kahe—the King said; bhatta—Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; tumi—you; vijfia-
siromani—the most experienced learned scholar; tumi—you; tahre—Him; krsna
kaha—address as Lord Krsna; tate—your statement; satya mani—I accept as true.

TRANSLATION

The King said, ‘‘Bhattacarya, you are the most learned and experienced per-
son | know. Therefore when you address Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as Lord
Krsna, | accept this as the truth.

PURPORT

This is the way to advance in spiritual science. One must accept the words of
an dcarya, a bona fide spiritual master, to clear the path for spiritual advancement.
This is the secret of success. However, one’s guide must be a spiritual master who
is actually an unalloyed devotee strictly following the instructions of the previous
acarya without deviation. Whatever the spiritual master says must be accepted by
the disciple. Only then is success certain. This is the Vedic system.

Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was a brahmana and a realized soul, whereas Pra-
taparudra was a ksatriya. Ksatriya kings used to obey very faithfully the orders of
learned brahmanas and saintly persons, and in this way they would rule their
