Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 7.126

kripā kara, prabhu, more, yāń tomā-sańge

sahite nā pāri duhkha vishaya-tarańge'

SYNONYMS

kripā kara — kindly show favor; prabhu — O my Lord; more — unto me; yāń — I go; tomā-sańge — with You; sahite nā pāri — I cannot tolerate; duhkha — the troubles; vishaya-tarańge — in the waves of materialistic life.

TRANSLATION

The brāhmana begged Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, "My dear Lord, kindly show me favor and let me go with You. I can no longer tolerate the waves of misery caused by materialistic life."

PURPORT

This statement is applicable for everyone, regardless of how rich or prosperous one may be. Narottama dāsa Thākura has confirmed this statement: samsāra-vishānale, divā-niśi hiyā jvale. He states that the materialistic way of life causes a burning in the heart. One cannot make any provisions for the troublesome life of the material world. It is a fact that one may be very happy as far as riches are concerned and one may be very opulent in every respect, yet one has to manage the vishayas to meet the demands of the body and of so many family members and subordinates. One has to take so much trouble to minister to others. Narottama dāsa Thākura therefore prays: vishaya chādiyā kabe śuddha ha'be mana. Thus one must become freed from the materialistic way of life. One has to merge himself in the ocean of transcendental bliss. In other words, one cannot relish transcendental bliss without being freed from the materialistic way of life. It appears that the brāhmana named Kūrma was materially very happy, for he expressed his family tradition as janma-kula-dhana. Now, being glorious, he wanted to leave all these material opulences. He wanted to travel with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. According to the Vedic way of civilization, one should leave his family after attaining fifty years of age and go to the forest of Vrindāvana to devote the rest of his life to the service of the Lord.

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