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TEXT 254
'sarva tyaji' jivera kartavya kahan vasa?'
'vraja-bhumi vrndavana yahan lila-rasa'
SYNONYMS
sarvaeverything; tyaji'-giving up; jiveraof the living entity; kartavyato be done; kahanwhere; vasaresidence; vraja-bhumithe land known as Vrajabhumi; vrndavanathe holy place named Vrndavana; yahanwhere; lila-rasaLord Krsna performed His rasa dance.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked, "Where should the living entity live, abandoning all other places?"
Ramananda Raya replied, "The holy place known as Vrndavana or Vrajabhumi, where the Lord performed His rasa dance."
PURPORT
According to Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.47.61):
asam aho carana-renu-jusam aham syam
vrndavane kim api gulma-latausadhinam ya dustyajam sva-janam arya-patham ca hitva bhejur mukunda-padavim srutibhir vimrgyam "[Uddhava said:] 'Let me become one of Vrndavana's herbs and plants that are trampled by the gopis, who gave up all connections with family and friends and decided to worship the lotus feet of Mukunda. Those lotus feet are sought by all great saintly persons expert in the study of Vedic literature.' "
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