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
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MIATA BA: BAT Ae AIT |
Ue Aled AAA ATTHTTTSTIGAT? URI
bhratar mama sutah kaccin
matra saha bhavad-vraje
tatam bhavantarh 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?
TEXT 28
gafaait fifea: geat agate: |
ba
a ay feerag fradtisua tera 1Rcll
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
