Text 23] Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart 161

forms of the Lord well dressed in a well decorated sanctified temple
naturally infuse the mundane mind with spiritual inspiration. People
should visit holy places like Vrndavana where such temples and worship
of the Deity are specifically maintained. Formerly all rich men like kings
and rich merchants constructed such temples under the direction of expert
devotees of the Lord, like the six Gosvamis, and it is the duly of the
common man to take advantage of these temples and festivals observed in
the holy pilgrimages by following the footprints of great devotees (anu-
vraja). One should not visit all these sanctified pilgrimages and temples
with sightseeing in mind, but one must go to such temples and sanctified
places immortalized by the transcendental pastimes of the Lord and
guided by proper men who know the science. This is called anuvraja. Anu
means to follow. It is therefore best to follow the instruction of the bona
fide spiritual master, even in visiting temples and the holy places of pil-
grimage. One who does not move in that way is as good as a standing
tree condemned by the Lord not to move. The moving tendency of the
human being is misused by visiting places for sightsecing. The best pur-
pose of such traveling tendencies could be fulfilled by visiting the holy
places established by great dcdryas and thereby not being misled by the
atheistic propaganda of moneymaking men who have no knowledge of
spiritual matters.

TEXT 23

Sea anaarefutul

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qT Atg Aetishenta ae |

Afra AAC
TENT 19z TT 1231

jivafichavo bhagavatanghri-renum
na jatu martyo’bhilabheta yas tu
Sri-visnu-padyda manu-jas tulasyah
Svasan chavo yas tu na veda gandham

jivan—while living; Savah—a dead body; bhagavata-anghri-renum—dust of
the feet of a pure devotee; na—never; jatu—at any time; martyah—mortal;
abhilabheta— particularly received; yah—a person; tu—but; sri—with opu-
lence; visnu-padyah—of the lotus feet of Visnu; manu-jah—a descendant of
