®r…la M€dhavendra Pur…

[Guest guest]

®r…la M€dhavendra Pur…, the grand-spiritual master of Lord Caitanya, took

leave of all karma-k€Š…ya obligations in the following words:

 

sandhy€-vandana bhadram astu bhavato bhoƒ sn€na tubhyaˆ namo

bho dev€ƒ pitara ca tarpaŠa-vidhau n€haˆ kamaƒ kamyat€m

yatra kv€pi niadya y€dava-kulottamasya kaˆsa-dviaƒ

sm€raˆ sm€ram aghaˆ har€mi tad alaˆ manye kim anyena me

 

“O my evening prayer, all good unto you. O my morning bath, I bid you

good-bye. O demigods and forefathers, please excuse me. I am unable to

perform any more offerings for your pleasure. Now I have decided to free

myself from all reactions to sins simply by remembering anywhere and

everywhere the great descendant of Yadu and the great enemy of Kaˆsa [Lord

KŠa]. I think that this is sufficient for me. So what is the use of

further endeavors?”

 

®r…la M€dhavendra Pur… said further:

 

mugdhaˆ m€ˆ nigadantu n…ti-nipuŠ€ bhr€ntaˆ muhur vaidik€ƒ

mandaˆ b€ndhava-sañcay€ jaa-dhiyaˆ mukt€dar€ƒ sodar€ƒ

unmattaˆ dhanino viveka-catur€ƒ k€mam mah€-d€mbhikam

moktuˆ na k€mate man€g api mano govinda-p€da-sph€m

 

“Let the sharp moralist accuse me of being illusioned; I do not mind.

Experts in Vedic activities may slander me as being misled, friends and

relatives may call me frustrated, my brothers may call me a fool, the

wealthy mammonites may point me out as mad, and the learned philosophers may

assert that I am much too proud; still my mind does not budge an inch from

the determination to serve the lotus feet of Govinda, though I be unable to

do it.”