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kabhu na badhibe tomara visaya-taranga

punarapi ei thani pabe mora sanga"

SYNONYMS

kabhu—at any time; na—not; badhibe—will obstruct; tomara—your; visaya-taranga—materialistic way of life; punarapi—again; ei thani—at this place; pabe—you will get; mora—My; sanga—association.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu further advised the brahmana Kurma, “If you follow this instruction, your materialistic life at home will not obstruct your spiritual advancement.

Indeed, if you follow these regulative principles, we will again meet here, or, rather, you will never lose My company.”

PURPORT

This is an opportunity for everyone.

If one simply follows the instructions of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, under the guidance of His representative, and chants the Hare Krsna mantra, teaching everyone as far as possible the same principle, the contamination of the materialistic way of life will not even touch him.

It does not matter whether one lives in a holy place like Vrndavana, Navadvipa or Jagannatha Puri or in the midst of European cities, where the materialistic way of life is very prominent.

If a devotee follows the instructions of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he lives in the company of the Lord.

Wherever he lives, he converts that place into Vrndavana and Navadvipa.

This means that materialism cannot touch him.

This is the secret of success for one advancing in Krsna consciousness.