Text 28] The Meeting of Nanda Maharaja and Vasudeva 343

any importance to the instructions of Krsna, the advancement of their so-
called civilization resembles the crazy efforts of men in a lunatic asylum.

TEXT 27
BAAN Fa: HAA AE AAA |
Ud Waed AeAal AATFATAATST: loll

bhratar mama sutah kaccin
matra saha bhavad-vraje
tdtarn bhavantam manvano

bhavadbhyam upalalitah

bhratah—my dear brother; mama—my; sutah—son (Baladeva, born
of Rohini); kaccit—whether; mdtré saha—with His mother, Rohini;
bhavat-vraje—in your house; tatam—as father; bhavantam—unto you;
manvénah—thinking; bhavadbhyam—by you and your wife, Yasoda;
upalalitah—properly being raised.

TRANSLATION

My son Baladeva, being raised by you and your wife, Yasodadevi,
considers you His father and mother. Is he living very peacefully
in your home with His real mother, Rohini?

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pumsas tri-vargo vihitah
suhrdo hy anubhdavitah

na tesu klisyamanesu
tri-vargo ’rthaya kalpate

purhsah—of a person; tri-vargah—the three aims of life (religion,
economic development and sense gratification); vihitah—enjoined ac-
cording to Vedic ritualistic ceremonies; suhrdah—toward relatives and
