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worship of the Supreme Lord, is not possible for a neophyte devotee.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura never advised a neophyte devotee
to go to a solitary place to engage in devotional service. Indeed, he has
written a song in this connection:
dusta mana, tumi kisera vaisnava?
pratisthara tare, nirjanera ghare,
tava hari-nama kevala kaitava
“My dear mind, what kind of devotee are you? Simply for cheap adoration
you sit in a solitary place and pretend to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra,
but this is all cheating.” Thus Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura advocated
that every devotee, under the guidance of an expert spiritual master,
preach the bhakti cult, Krsna consciousness, all over the world. Only
when one is mature can he sit in a solitary place and retire from preaching
all over the world. Following this example, the devotees of the International
Society for Krishna Consciousness now render service as preachers in various
parts of the world. Now they can allow the spiritual master to retire from
active preaching work. In the last stage of the spiritual master’s life, the
devotees of the spiritual master should take preaching activities into their
own hands. In this way the spiritual master can sit down in a solitary place
and render nirjana-bhajana.
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hitva grhan sutan bhogan
vaidarbhi madireksana
anvadhavata pandyesam
Jyotsneva rajani-karam
hitva—giving up; grhan—home; sutan—children; bhogan—material hap-
piness; vaidarbhi-the daughter of King Vidarbha; madira-iksana—with
enchanting eyes; anvadhavata—followed; pandya-igam— King Malayadhvaja;
jyotsna iva—like the moonshine; rajani-karam—the moon.
TRANSLATION
Just as the moonshine follows the moon at night, immediately after
King Malayadhvaja departed for Kulacala, his devoted wife, whose eyes
