न मे ब्रह्मकुलात्प्राणाः कुलदैवान्न चात्मजाः ।
न श्रियो न मही राज्यं न दाराश्चातिवल्लभाः ॥४३॥

na me brahma-kulÄt prÄṇÄḥ
kula-daivÄn na cÄtmajÄḥ
na Å›riyo na mahÄ« rÄjyaá¹
na dÄrÄÅ› cÄtivallabhÄḥ

 na - not; me - my; brahma-kulÄt - than the groups of brÄhmaṇas; prÄṇÄḥ - life; kula-daivÄt - than the personalities worshipable for my family; na - not; ca - also; ÄtmajÄḥ - sons and daughters; na - nor; Å›riyaḥ - opulence; na - nor; mahÄ« - the earth; rÄjyam - kingdom; na - nor; dÄrÄḥ - wife; ca - also; ati-vallabhÄḥ - extremely dear.


Text

MahÄrÄja Khaá¹­vÄá¹…ga thought: Not even my life is dearer to me than the brahminical culture and the brÄhmaṇas, who are worshiped by my family. What then is to be said of my kingdom, land, wife, children and opulence? Nothing is dearer to me than the brÄhmaṇas.

Purport

MahÄrÄja Khaá¹­vÄá¹…ga, being in favor of the brahminical culture, wanted to utilize one moment’s time by fully surrendering unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord is worshiped with this prayer:

namo brÄhmaṇya-devÄya
 go brÄhmaṇa-hitÄya ca
jagad-dhitÄya kṛṣṇÄya
 govindÄya namo namaḥ

“I offer my respectful obeisances to the Supreme Absolute Truth, Kṛṣṇa, who is the well-wisher of the cows and the brÄhmaṇas as well as the living entities in general. I offer my repeated obeisances to Govinda, who is the pleasure reservoir for all the senses.†A devotee of Kṛṣṇa is very much attached to brahminical culture. Indeed, an expert personality who knows who Kṛṣṇa is and what He wants is a real brÄhmaṇa. Brahma jÄnÄtÄ«ti brÄhmaṇaḥ. Kṛṣṇa is the Parabrahman, and therefore all Kṛṣṇa conscious persons, or devotees of Kṛṣṇa, are exalted brÄhmaṇas. Khaá¹­vÄá¹…ga MahÄrÄja regarded the devotees of Kṛṣṇa as the real brÄhmaṇas and the real light for human society. One who desires to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and spiritual understanding must give the utmost importance to brahminical culture and must understand Kṛṣṇa (kṛṣṇÄya govindÄya). Then his life will be successful.