880 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 21

lives forever.” Specifically, one who is reputed as a devotee of the Lord
undoubtedly lives forever. When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was talking
with Ramananda Raya, Caitanya Mahaprabhu inquired, ‘‘What is the
greatest reputation?” Ramananda Raya replied that a person who is reputed
as a great devotee has the greatest reputation, for a devotee not only lives
forever in the Vaikuntha planets, but by his reputation he also lives forever
within this material world.

TEXT 49

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aho vayam hy adya pavitra-kirte
tvayaiva nathena mukunda-nathah

ya uttamaslokatamasya visnor
brahmanya-devasya katham vyanakti

aho—O goodness; vayam—we; hi—certainly; adya—today; pavitra-kirte—
O supreme purity; tuaya—by you; eva—certainly; nathena—by the Lord;
mukunda—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nathah—being the sub-
ject of the Supreme; ye—one who; uttamaslokatamasya—of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, who is praised by the nicest verses; visnoh—of
Visnu; brahmanya-devasya—of the worshipable Lord of the brahmanas;
katham— words; vyanakti—expressed.

TRANSLATION

The audience continued: Dear King Prthu, your reputation is the purest
of all, for you are preaching the glories of the most glorified of all, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord of the brahmanas. Since, due
to our great fortune, we have you as our master, we think that we are
living directly under the agency of the Lord.

PURPORT

The citizens declared that through being under the protection of
Maharaja Prthu they were directly under the protection of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. This understanding is the proper situation of
social steadiness within this material world. Since it is stated in the Vedas
that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the maintainer and leader of
