Text 7] The Island of Jambidvipa 233
all living entities, He is specifically manifest to those who are self-
realized, and He is especially dear to the hearts of His transcendental
devotees. Because Lord Ramacandra descended to teach human society
how dutiful a king should be, He apparently gave up the company of
mother Sita and Laksmana. Factually, however, He could not have given
them up. One should therefore learn about the activities of Lord Rama-
candra from a self-realized soul. Then one can understand the transcen-
dental activities of the Lord.
TEXT 7
1 FA Ad Heat a aha
TEA SaarafaRTTe: |
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qfeaeratt at adteaa-
TEL TST TI SEAMTT: 11 9 ||
na janma niinam mahato na saubhagam
na van na buddhir nakrtis tosa-hetuh
tair yad visrstan api no vanaukasas
cakdra sakhye bata laksmandgrajah
na—not; janma—birth in a very polished, aristocratic family;
niinam—indeed; mahatah—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
na—nor; saubhagam—great fortune; na—nor; vak—an elegant man-
ner of speaking; na—nor; buddhih—sharpness of intelligence: na—
not; dkrtih—features of the body; tosa-hetuh—the cause of pleasure to
the Lord; taih—by all those above-mentioned qualities: yat—because:
visrstan —rejected; api—although; nah—us; vana-okasah—the inhabi-
tants of the forest; cakdra—accepted; sakhye—in friendship: bata—
alas; laksana-agra-jah—Lord Sri Ramacandra, the elder brother of
Laksmana.
TRANSLATION
One cannot establish a friendship with the Supreme Lord Rama-

candra on the basis of material qualities such as one’s birth in an
aristocratic family, one’s personal beauty, one’s eloquence, one’s
sharp intelligence or one’s superior race or nation. None of these
