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| Madhya-lila | Chapter 19: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 19.96
bharatam anye bhajantu bhava-bhitah
SYNONYMS
srutim -- Vedic literature; apare -- someone; smritim -- corollary to the Vedic literature; itare -- others; bharatam -- the Mahabharata; anye -- still others; bhajantu -- let them worship; bhava-bhitah -- those who are afraid of material existence; aham -- I; iha -- here; nandam -- Maharaja Nanda; vande -- worship; yasya -- whose; alinde -- in the courtyard; param brahma -- the Supreme Brahman, Absolute Truth.
TRANSLATION
Raghupati Upadhyaya recited, "Those who are afraid of material existence worship the Vedic literature. Some worship smriti, the corollaries to the Vedic literature, and others worship the Mahabharata. As far as I am concerned, I worship Krishna's father, Maharaja Nanda, in whose courtyard the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, is playing."
PURPORT
This verse recited by Raghupati Upadhyaya was later included in Sri Rupa Gosvami's Padyavali (126).
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness