410 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 22

prayers. Thus Maharaja Ambarisa desired only to serve the Lord faithfully. In
this way he engaged his senses in the transcendental loving service of the
Lord. As a result, he awakened his dormant loving propensity for the Lord’s
service.’

PURPORT
This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (9.4.18-20).

TEXT 140

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kama tyaji’ krsna bhaje sastra-ajfia mani’
deva-rsi-pitradikera kabhu nahe rni

SYNONYMS
kama—material desires; tyaji’—giving up; krsna—Lord Krsna; bhaje—wor-
ships; sdstra-ajid—the direction of the revealed scripture; mdadni’—accepting;
deva—demigods; rsi—great sages; pitr-ddikera—of the forefathers and so on;
kabhu—at any time; nahe—not; rni—a debtor.

TRANSLATION

“If a person gives up all material desires and completely engages in the
transcendental loving service of Krsna, as enjoined in revealed scriptures, he
is never indebted to demigods, sages or forefathers.

PURPORT

After birth, every man is indebted in so many ways. He is indebted to the
demigods for their supplying necessities like air, light and water. When one takes
advantage of Vedic literatures, one becomes indebted to great sages like
Vyasadeva, Narada, Devala and Asita. When one takes birth in a particular family,
he becomes indebted to his forefathers. We are even indebted to common living
entities like cows, from whom we take milk. Because we accept service from so
many animals, we become indebted. However, if one is completely engaged in
the Lord’s devotional service, he is absolved of all debts. This is confirmed in the
following verse, quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.41).

TEXT 141
cwafag erage FAS At
a feacai atayh 5 ate
