'sarva tyaji' jÄ«vera kartavya kÄhÄá¹… vÄsa?'
'vraja-bhÅ«mi vá¹›ndÄvana yÄhÄá¹… lÄ«lÄ-rÄsa'
sarva - everything; tyaji' - giving up; jÄ«vera - of the living entity; kartavya - to be done; kÄhÄá¹… - where; vÄsa - residence; vraja-bhÅ«mi - the land known as VrajabhÅ«mi; vá¹›ndÄvana - the holy place named Vá¹›ndÄvana; yÄhÄá¹… - where; lÄ«lÄ-rÄsa - Lord Kṛṣṇa performed His rÄsa dance.
ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu asked, “Where should the living entity live, abandoning all other places?â€
RÄmÄnanda RÄya replied, “He should live in the holy place known as Vá¹›ndÄvana or VrajabhÅ«mi, where the Lord performed His rÄsa dance.â€
According to ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (10.47.61):
ÄsÄm aho caraṇa-reṇu-juá¹£Äm ahaá¹ syÄá¹
vá¹›ndÄvane kim api gulma-latauá¹£adhÄ«nÄm
yÄ dustyajaá¹ sva-janam Ärya-pathaá¹ ca hitvÄ
bhejur mukunda-padavÄ«á¹ Å›rutibhir vimá¹›gyÄm
Uddhava said, “Let me become one of Vá¹›ndÄvana’s herbs and plants that are trampled by the gopÄ«s, 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.â€
