Text 266] The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vrndavana 291

TRANSLATION

“Indeed, the humility of these two brothers could even melt stone. Because
I was very pleased with their behavior, | told them, ‘Although you are both
very exalted, you consider yourselves inferior, and because of this, Krsna will
very soon deliver you.’

PURPORT

Such are the qualifications of a pure devotee. Materially one may be very opu-
lent, experienced, influential and educated, but if one still thinks himself lower
than straw in the street, one attracts the attention of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or
Lord Krsna. Although Maharaja Prataparudra was a king, he took up a broom to
cleanse the road for Lord Jagannatha’s Ratha chariot. Because of this humble ser-
vice, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very pleased with the King, and for that reason
the Lord embraced him. According to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s instructions, a
devotee should never be puffed up by material power. He should know that ma-
terial power is the result of one’s past good activities (karma) and is consequently
transient. At any moment all one’s material opulence can be finished; therefore a
devotee is never proud of such opulence. He is always humble and meek, con-
sidering himself lower than a piece of straw. Because of this, the devotees are
eligible to return home, back to Godhead.

TEXTS 265-266

as ae ata ace faara Sica fer |
AHABICA HaSe ‘RA’ shee Wave i
AF ACH SA OS CHS AB CIB |
param Tata oF ace aA un aww ui

eta kahi’ ami yabe vidaya tanre dila
gamana-kdle sanatana ‘praheli’ kahila

yanra sange haya ei loka laksa koti
vrndavana yaibara ei nahe paripati

SYNONYMS
eta kahi’—saying this; ami—l; yabe—when; vidaya—farewell; tanre—unto
them; dila—gave; gamana-kadle—while going; sandétana—Sanatana; praheli—
enigma; kahila—said; yanra sange—with whom; haya—is; ei—this; loka—crowd
of people; laksa koti—hundreds of thousands; vrndavana—to Vrndavana-dhama;
yaibara—for going; ei—this; nahe—not; paripati—the method.
