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bhagyavanta digvijayi saphala-jivana
vidya-bale paila mahaprabhura carana
SYNONYMS
bhagyavanta—very fortunate; dig-vijayi—the poetic champion; sa-phala—successful; jivana—life; vidya-bale—by the strength of learning; paila—got; maha-prabhura—of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; carana—lotus feet.
The poetic champion was certainly most fortunate.
His life was successful by dint of his vast learning and erudite scholarship, and thus he attained the shelter of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
PURPORT
Sri Narottama dasa Thakura has sung that the best qualification for taking shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya is to be the most fallen because the Lord came specifically to deliver the fallen souls.
In this age there are very few scholars.
Almost everyone is a fallen meat-eater, drunkard, woman-hunter or gambler.
Such persons are never considered learned scholars, even if they pose as such.
Because these so-called scholars superficially see that Caitanya Mahaprabhu associates with the fallen souls, they think that He is meant for a lower class of men but that they do not need Him.
Thus such scholars do not take to the Krsna consciousness movement.
To be puffed up with false learning, therefore, is a disqualification for accepting the Krsna consciousness movement.
But here is a special example, for although the poetic champion was a greatly learned scholar, the Lord also favored him because of his humble submission.