Text 34] The Renunciation of Kardama Muni 983
are called mudhas, consider Him one of them, and therefore they deride
Him. They refuse to accept Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead
because they cannot understand Him. In Bhagavad-gita Krsna says, avajan-
anti mam miudhah: ‘“‘Those who are rascals and fools deride Me.” When
God descends in a form, this does not mean that He assumes His form
with the help of the material energy. He manifests His spiritual form as He
exists in His spiritual kingdom.
TEXT 34
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a smabhipreche ‘dya patim prajanam
tvayavatirnarna utapta-kamah
parivrajat-padavim asthito ‘ham
carisye tvam hrdi yujijan visokah
a sma abhiprcche—l am inquiring; adya—now; patim—the Lord;
prajanam—of all created beings; tuaya—by You; avatirna-rnah—free from
debts; uta—and; apta—fulfilled; kamah—desires; parivrajat—of an itinerant
mendicant; padavim—the path; asthitah—accepting; aham—1; carisye—]
shall wander; tuam—You; hrdi—in my heart; yuijan—keeping; visokah—
free from lamentation.
TRANSLATION
Today I have something to ask from You, who are the Lord of all living
entities. Since I have now been liberated by You from my debts to my
father, and since ail my desires are fulfilled, I wish to accept the order of
an itinerant mendicant. Renouncing this family life, | wish to wander about,
free from lamentation, thinking always of You in my heart.
PURPORT
Actually, sannydasa, or renunciation of material household life, necessi-
tates complete absorption in Krsna consciousness and immersion in the
Self. One does not take sannydsa, freedom from family responsibility in
the renounced order of life, to make another family or to create an
