Text 100] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 49

SYNONYMS

nica jati—born of a low family; nica-sangi—associated with low men; patita—
fallen; adhama—the lowest; ku-visaya-kdpe—in a well of material enjoyment;
padi’—having fallen down; gonainu—| have passed; janama—my life.

TRANSLATION

Sanatana Gosvami said, ‘‘I was born in a low family, and my associates are
all low-class men. | myself am fallen and am the lowest of men. Indeed, | have
passed my whole life falien in the well of sinful materialism.

PURPORT

Actually Sri Sanatana Gosvami belonged to a brahmana family because he
belonged to the Sdrasvata division of the brahmanas and was well cultured and
well educated. Somehow or other he accepted a ministership in the Muslim
government; therefore he had to associate with meat-eaters, drunkards and gross
materialists. Sandtana Gosvami considered himself fallen, for in the association of
such men, he also fell victim to material enjoyment. Having passed his life in that
way, he considered that he had wasted his valuable time. This statement about
how one can become fallen in this material world is made by the greatest
authority in the Gaudiya Vaisnava-sampradaya. Actually the whole world is pres-
ently fallen into material existence. Everyone is a meat-eater, drunkard, woman
hunter, gambler and whatnot. People are enjoying material life by committing the
four basic sins. Although they are fallen, if they simply submit themselves at the
lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they will be saved from sinful reactions.

TEXT 100
aaa factfas fee al aif
AHaAp-aeqaier Afas, StS As APA seo
4panara hitahita kichui na jani!
gramya-vyavahare pandita, tai satya mani

SYNONYMS

4panara—of my personal self; hita—welfare; ahita—inauspiciousness; kichui—
anything; na jani—I| do not know; gramya-vyavahare—in ordinary dealings; pan-
dita—a learned man; tai satya mani—I| accept that as truth.

TRANSLATION

“| do not know what is beneficial for me and what is detrimental. Nonethe-
less, in ordinary dealings people consider me a learned scholar, and | am also
thinking of myself as such.
