Text 159] The Residents of Varanasi Become Vaisnavas 387

TEXT 159

SAMA A ZICH HAs Bye |
HABLLG FS Slelaygoued fa: urea i

dtmaramas ca munayo
nirgrantha apy urukrame

kurvanty ahaitukim bhaktim
ittham-bhéta-guno harih

SYNONYMS

dtma-drémah—persons who take pleasure in being transcendentally situated in
the service of the Lord; ca—also; munayah—great saintly persons who have
completely rejected material aspirations, fruitive activities, and so forth;
nirgranthéh—without interest in any material desire; api—certainly; urukrame—
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, whose activities are wonderful;
kurvanti—do; ahaitukim—causeless, or without material desires; bhaktim—devo-
tional service; ittham-bhiéta—so wonderful as to attract the attention of the self-
satisfied; gunah—who has transcendental qualities; harih—the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

“'Those who are self-satisfied and unattracted by external material desires
are also attracted to the loving service of Sri Krsna, whose qualities are tran-
scendental and whose activities are wonderful. Hari, the Personality of
Godhead, is called Krsna because He has such transcendentally attractive
features.’ '’

PURPORT
This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.7.10).

TEXT 160

CAABITCA CHS AStABA Sree |
ASICS faa CAS cas-faaad swe t

hena-kdle sei mahdrdastriya brahmana
sabhate kahila sei sloka-vivarana

SYNONYMS

hena-kale—at this time; sei—that; mahdrastriya brahmana—the brahmana of
Maharastra province; sabhate—in the meeting; kahila—declared; sei—that;
