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Knowledge of Krsna is such a great gift that it is impossible to repay the benefactor. Therefore Prthu Maharaja requested the Kumaras to be satisfied by their own benevolent activities, which involved delivering souls from the clutches of maya. The King saw that there was no other way to satisfy them for their exalted activities. The word vinodapatram can be divided into two words, vina and uda-patram, or can be understood as one word, vinoda-patram, which means joker. A joker's activities simply arouse laughter, and a person who tries to repay the spiritual master or teacher of the transcendental message of Krsna becomes a laughing stock just like a joker because it is not possible to repay such a debt. The best friend and benefactor of all people is one who awakens humanity to its original Krsna consciousness. (More...)

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