Text 87] The Residents of Varanasi Become Vaisnavas 343

TRANSLATION

“Unless human society accepts the dust of the lotus feet of great mahat-
mas—devotees who have nothing to do with material possessions —mankind
cannot turn its attention to the lotus feet of Krsna. Those lotus feet vanquish
all the unwanted miserable conditions of material life.’

PURPORT
This verse appears in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (7.5.32).

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ebe tomara padabje upajibe bhakti
tathi lagi’ kari tomara carane pranati”

SYNONYMS

ebe—now; tomdra—Your; pdda-abje—to the lotus feet; upajibe —will grow;
bhakti—devotional service; tathi lagi’—for that reason; kari—| do; tomdra carane
pranati—humble obeisances at Your lotus feet.

TRANSLATION

“Henceforward I shall certainly develop devotional service unto Your lotus
feet. For this reason | have come to You and have fallen down at Your lotus
feet.”

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eta bali’ prabhure lafid tathaya vasila
prabhure prakdsdnanda puchite lagila

SYNONYMS
eta bali’—saying this; prabhure—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; /afa—taking;
tathaya vasila—sat down there; prabhure—unto Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; pra-
kdsananda—PrakaSananda Sarasvati; puchite lagila—began to inquire.

