130 Sri Caitanya-caritamria [Madhya-lila, Ch. 24

not trained socially and spiritually—that is, if one is uneducated and unregu-
lated—his life is on the animal platform. Among animals there is no question of
spiritual advancement. Spiritual life can be attained by proper training —either by
following the principles of varna and asrama or by being directly trained in the
bhakti school by the methods of sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-
sevanam/arcanam vandanam dasyam sakhyam atma-nivedanam. Without being
trained, one cannot be sukrti, auspicious. In this verse Krsna says that people ap-
proach Him when in distress, in need of money or when actually inquisitive to un-
derstand the Supreme Being or the original source of everything. Some people ap-
proach Him in the pursuit of knowledge of the Absolute Truth, and others ap-
proach Him when they are distressed, like the devotee Gajendra. Others are in-
quisitive, like the great sages headed by Sanaka, and others need money, like
Dhruva Maharaja. Sukadeva Gosvami approached the Lord when he pursued
knowledge. All these great personalities thus took to the devotional service of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna.

TEXT 95

OHS, Bttal,—ge nata-feoca atfe |
feesry, ata, ge caresia ait hdc tl

arta, artharthi, —dui sakdma-bhitare gani
jijfiasu, jAani, —dui moksa-kdma mani
SYNONYMS

arta—distressed; artha-arthi—desirous of money; dui—two persons; sakama-

tive; jfani—pursuing knowledge; dui—two; moksa-kéma-—transcendentalists
pursuing spiritual knowledge for liberation; mani—| consider.

TRANSLATION

‘‘Materialistic devotees take to devotional service and worship Krsna when
they are distressed or in need of money. Those who are actually inquisitive to
understand the supreme source of everything and those who are in search of
knowledge are called transcendentalists, for they desire liberation from all
material contamination.

TEXT 96

o@ bifa gale ax azISIAAH |
Saesiaiie aifw’ aq QGeferia |i av |
