pratiá¹£á¹hÄra bhaye purÄ« gelÄ palÄñÄ
kṛṣṇa-preme pratiá¹£á¹hÄ cale saá¹…ge gaá¸ÄñÄ
pratiá¹£á¹hÄra bhaye - in fear of reputation; purÄ« - MÄdhavendra PurÄ«; gelÄ - went away; palÄÃ±Ä - fleeing; kṛṣṇa-preme - in love of Kṛṣṇa; pratiá¹£á¹hÄ - reputation; cale - goes; saá¹…ge - simultaneously; gaá¸ÄÃ±Ä - gliding down.
Almost all the conditioned souls within the material world are envious. Jealous people generally turn against one who automatically attains some reputation. This is natural for jealous people. Consequently, when a devotee is fit to receive worldly reputation, he is envied by many people. This is quite natural. When a person, out of humility, does not desire fame, people generally think him quite humble and consequently give him all kinds of fame. Actually a Vaiṣṇava does not hanker after fame or a great reputation. MÄdhavendra PurÄ«, the king of Vaiṣṇavas, bore his reputation, but he wanted to keep himself outside of the vision of the general populace. He wanted to cover his real identity as a great devotee of the Lord, but when people saw him overwhelmed in the ecstasy of love of Godhead, they naturally gave credit to him. Actually a first-class reputation is due MÄdhavendra PurÄ« because he was a most confidential devotee of the Lord. Sometimes a sahajiyÄ presents himself as being void of desires for reputation (pratiá¹£á¹hÄ) in order to become famous as a humble man. Such people cannot actually attain the platform of celebrated Vaiṣṇavas.