110 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 11

Brahmanas are always enlightened by the Supreme Personality of God-
head within the heart (sarvasya caéham hrdi sannivisto mattah smrtir
jfidnam apohanam ca). And because the brahmanas and Vaisnavas are
always directed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are not
greedy for material wealth. What is absolutely necessary they possess,
but they do not want an expanded kingdom. An example of this was
given by Vamanadeva. Acting as a brahmacdri, Lord Vamanadeva
wanted only three paces of land. Aspiring to possess more and more for
personal sense gratification is simply ignorance, and this ignorance is
conspicuous by its absence from the heart of a brahmana or Vaisnava.

TEXT 7

SOCIO MUD CALS Or
TIAMAT | TRAVSHIMSAT II 9 II

namo brahmanya-devaya
ramayakuntha-medhase

uttamasloka-dhuryaya
nyasta-dandarpitanghraye

namah—we offer our respectful obeisances; brahmanya-deviya—
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who accepts the brahmanas as
His worshipable deity; raéma@ya—unto Lord Ramacandra; akuntha-
medhase—whose memory and knowledge are never disturbed by anxi-
ety; uttamasloka-dhurydéya—the best of very famous persons; nyasta-
danda-arpita-arghraye—whose lotus feet are worshiped by sages
beyond the jurisdiction of punishment.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who have
accepted the brahmanas as Your worshipable deity. Your knowl-
edge and memory are never disturbed by anxiety. You are the chief
of all famous persons within this world, and Your lotus feet are
worshiped by sages who are beyond the jurisdiction of punish-
ment. O Lord Ramacandra, let us offer our respectful obeisances
unto You.
