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).
TEXT 86
aca CSlala AiniCs Geifaca Sie |
Sia afar? fa cotala paced Sistfs Wee |
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.”
TEXT 87
OS Afr AGA Heel Sats afer |
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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.
