# Cc. Madhya 19.96 ## Text > śrutim apare smṛtim itare > bhāratam anye bhajantu bhava-bhītāḥ > aham iha nandaṁ vande > yasyālinde paraṁ brahma ## Synonyms *śrutim*—Vedic literature; *apare*—someone; *smṛtim*—corollary to the Vedic literature; *itare*—others; *bhāratam*—*Mahābhārata*; *anye*—still others; *bhajantu*—let them worship; *bhava*-*bhītāḥ*—those who are afraid of material existence; *aham*—I; *iha*—here; *nandam*—Mahārāja Nanda; *vande*—worship; *yasya*—whose; *alinde*—in the courtyard; *param* *brahma*—the Supreme Brahman, Absolute Truth. ## Translation **Raghupati Upādhyāya recited: "Those who are afraid of material existence worship Vedic literature. Some worship smṛti, the corollaries to Vedic literature, and others worship the Mahābhārata. As far as I am concerned, I worship Mahārāja Nanda, the father of Kṛṣṇa, in whose courtyard the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, is playing."** ## Purport This verse recited by Raghupati Upādhyāya was later included in Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī's *Padyāvalī* (126).