Volume 3 - Prabhupada Books

244 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
tat-tad-gul)anusravaf)aril mukunda­
padaravindaril hrdaye�u ye�am
[Madhya-lila, Ch. 8
'�fter much hard labor, a person highly learned in Vedic literature is certainly very
famous. However, one who is always hearing and chanting the glories of the lotus
feet of Mukunda within his heart is certainly superior."
In the Narayaf)a-vyaha-stava, it is said:
naharil brahmapi bhayasaril
tvad-bhakti-rahito hare
tvayi bhaktas tu ki.to 'pi
bhayasaril janma-janmasu
"I do not aspire to take birth as a Brahma if that Brahma is not a devotee of the
Lord. I shall be satisfied simply to take birth as an insect if I am given a chance to
remain in the house of a devotee."
There are many similar verses in Srimad-Bhagavatam, especially 3.25.38,
4.24.29, 4.31 .22, 7.9.24, and 1 0.1 4.30.
It was Lord Siva who said: "I do not know the truth about Kr?l)a, but a devotee
of Lord Kr?l)a's knows all the truth. Out of all the devotees of Lord Kr?l)a, Prahlada
is the greatest."
Above Prahlada, the Pal)c;lavas are supposedly more advanced. Above the Pal)­
c;lavas are the members of the Yadu dynasty, who are even more advanced. In the
Yadu dynasty, Uddhava is the furthest advanced, and above Uddhava are the
damsels of Vraja-dhama, the gopis themselves.
In the Brhad-vamana Pural)a, Bhrgu is told by Lord Brahma:
�a�ti-var�a-sahasral)i
maya taptaril tapa!) pura
nanda-gopa-vraja-stril)aril
pada-rei)Opalabdhaye
"I underwent meditation and austerities for 60,000 years just to understand the
dust of the lotus feet of the gopis. Still, I could not understand them. To say
nothing of me, even Lord Siva, Lord Se?a and the goddess of fortune Lak?mi could
not understand them."
In the Adi Pural)a the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself says:
na tatha me priyatamo
brahma rudras ca parthiva
na ca lak�mir na catma ca
yatha gopi-jano mama