{ "section": "antya", "chapter": "1", "type": "chapter", "title": "CHAPTER ONE: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord", "summary": "

A summary of the first chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya as follows. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī from Vṛndāvana, all His devotees from other parts of India, upon receiving the auspicious news, came to Puruṣottama-kṣetra, or Jagannātha Purī. Śivānanda Sena took a dog with him and even paid fees for it to cross the river. One night, however, the dog could not get any food and therefore went directly to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. The next day, when Śivānanda and his party reached Jagannātha Purī, Śivānanda saw the dog eating some coconut pulp offered to it by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. After this incident, the dog was liberated and went back home, back to Godhead.

Meanwhile, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī reached Bengal, after returning from Vṛndāvana. Although he could not follow the Bengali devotees, after some time he also came to Jagannātha Purī, where he stayed with Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed an important verse beginning with the words priyaḥ so ’yam, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished it very much. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and others went to the place of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and heard some of the verses Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed for his books Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava. After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much. After the period of Cāturmāsya, all the devotees who had come from Bengal returned to their homes. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, however, remained at Jagannātha Purī for some time.

", "verses": [ { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.1", "bengali": "

পঙ্গুং লঙ্ঘয়তে শৈলং মূকমাবর্তয়েচ্ছ্রুতিম্ ।
যত্কৃপা তমহং বন্দে কৃষ্ণচৈতন্যমীশ্বরম্ ॥ ১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

paṅguṁ laṅghayate śailaṁ
mūkam āvartayec chrutim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande
kṛṣṇa-caitanyam īśvaram

", "synonyms": "

paṅgum — one who is lame; laṅghayate — causes to cross over; śailam — a mountain; mūkam — one who is dumb; āvartayet — can cause to recite; śrutim — Vedic literature; yat-kṛpā — the mercy of whom; tam — unto Him; aham — I; vande — offer obeisances; kṛṣṇa-caitanyam — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is Kṛṣṇa Himself; īśvaram — the Lord.

", "translation": "

I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by whose mercy even a lame man can cross over a mountain and a dumb man recite Vedic literature.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.2", "bengali": "

দুর্গমে পথি মেঽন্ধস্য স্খলৎপাদগতের্মুহুঃ ।
স্বকৃপা-যষ্টিদানেন সন্তঃ সন্ত্ববলম্বনম্ ॥ ২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

durgame pathi me ’ndhasya
skhalat-pāda-gater muhuḥ
sva-kṛpā-yaṣṭi-dānena
santaḥ santv avalambanam

", "synonyms": "

durgame — very difficult; pathi — on the path; me — of me; andhasya — one who is blind; skhalat — slipping; pāda — on feet; gateḥ — whose manner of moving; muhuḥ — again and again; sva-kṛpā — of their own mercy; yaṣṭi — the stick; dānena — by giving; santaḥ — those saintly persons; santu — let that become; avalambanam — my support.

", "translation": "

My path is very difficult. I am blind, and my feet are slipping again and again. Therefore, may the saints help me by granting me the stick of their mercy as my support.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.3-4", "bengali": "

এই ছয় গুরুর করোঁ চরণ বন্দন ।
যাহা হৈতে বিঘ্ননাশ, অভীষ্ট-পূরণ ॥ ৪ ॥

শ্রীরূপ, সনাতন, ভট্ট-রঘুনাথ ।
শ্রীজীব, গোপালভট্ট, দাস-রঘুনাথ ॥ ৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śrī-rūpa, sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunātha
śrī-jīva, gopāla-bhaṭṭa, dāsa-raghunātha

ei chaya gurura karoṅ caraṇa vandana
yāhā haite vighna-nāśa, abhīṣṭa-pūraṇa

", "synonyms": "

śrī-rūpa — Śrī Rūpa; sanātana — Sanātana; bhaṭṭa-raghunātha — Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha; śrī-jīva — Śrī Jīva; gopāla-bhaṭṭa — Gopāla Bhaṭṭa; dāsa-raghunātha — Dāsa Raghunātha; ei chaya — these six; gurura — of spiritual masters; karoṅ — I offer; caraṇa vandana — prayers to the lotus feet; yāhā haite — from which; vighna-nāśa — destruction of all impediments; abhīṣṭa-pūraṇa — fulfillment of desires.

", "translation": "

I pray to the lotus feet of the six Gosvāmīs — Śrī Rūpa, Sanātana, Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha, Śrī Jīva, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa and Dāsa Raghunātha — so that all impediments to my writing this literature will be annihilated and my real desire will be fulfilled.

", "purport": "

If one wants to benefit the entire world, he will certainly find persons like hogs and pigs who will put forward many impediments. That is natural. But if a devotee seeks shelter at the lotus feet of the six Gosvāmīs, the merciful Gosvāmīs will certainly give the Lord’s servitor all protection. It is not astonishing that impediments are placed before those who are spreading the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement all over the world. Nevertheless, if we adhere to the lotus feet of the six Gosvāmīs and pray for their mercy, all impediments will be annihilated, and the transcendental devotional desire to serve the Supreme Lord will be fulfilled.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.5", "bengali": "

জয়তাং সুরতৌ পঙ্গোর্মম মন্দমতের্গতী ।
মৎসর্বস্বপদাম্ভোজৌ রাধা-মদনমোহনৌ ॥ ৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

jayatāṁ suratau paṅgor
mama manda-mater gatī
mat-sarvasva-padāmbhojau
rādhā-madana-mohanau

", "synonyms": "

aajayatām — all glory to; su-ratau — most merciful, or attached in conjugal love; paṅgoḥ — of one who is lame; mama — of me; manda-mateḥ — foolish; gatī — refuge; mat — my; sarva-sva — everything; pada-ambhojau — whose lotus feet; rādhā-madana-mohanau — Rādhārāṇī and Madana-mohana.

", "translation": "

Glory to the all-merciful Rādhā and Madana-mohana! I am lame and ill advised, yet They are my directors, and Their lotus feet are everything to me.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.6", "bengali": "

দীব্যদ্বৃন্দারণ্যকল্পদ্রুমাধঃ- শ্রীমদ্রত্নাগারসিংহাসনস্থৌ ।
শ্রীমদ্রাধা-শ্রীলগোবিন্দদেবৌ প্রেষ্ঠালীভিঃ সেব্যমানৌ স্মরামি ॥ ৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

dīvyad-vṛndāraṇya-kalpa-drumādhaḥ
śrīmad-ratnāgāra-siṁhāsana-sthau
śrīmad-rādhā-śrīla-govinda-devau
preṣṭhālībhiḥ sevyamānau smarāmi

", "synonyms": "

dīvyat — shining; vṛndā-araṇya — in the forest of Vṛndāvana; kalpa-druma — desire tree; adhaḥ — beneath; śrīmat — most beautiful; ratna-āgāra — in a temple of jewels; siṁha-āsana-sthau — sitting on a throne; śrīmat — very beautiful; rādhā — Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; śrīla-govinda-devau — and Śrī Govindadeva; preṣṭha-ālībhiḥ — by most confidential associates; sevyamānau — being served; smarāmi — I remember.

", "translation": "

In a temple of jewels in Vṛndāvana, underneath a desire tree, Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda, served by Their most confidential associates, sit upon an effulgent throne. I offer my humble obeisances unto Them.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.7", "bengali": "

শ্রীমান্রাসরসারম্ভী বংশীবটতটস্থিতঃ ।
কর্ষন্ বেণুস্বনৈর্গোপীর্গোপীনাথঃ শ্রিয়েঽস্তু নঃ ॥ ৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śrīmān rāsa-rasārambhī
vaṁśīvaṭa-taṭa-sthitaḥ
karṣan veṇu-svanair gopīr
gopī-nāthaḥ śriye ’stu naḥ

", "synonyms": "

śrīmān — most beautiful; rāsa — of the rāsa dance; rasa — of the mellow; ārambhī — the initiator; vaṁśī-vaṭa — of Vaṁśīvaṭa; taṭa — on the shore; sthitaḥ — standing; karṣan — attracting; veṇu — of the flute; svanaiḥ — by the sounds; gopīḥ — the cowherd girls; gopī-nāthaḥ — Śrī Gopīnātha; śriye — benediction; astu — let there be; naḥ — our.

", "translation": "

Śrī Śrīla Gopīnātha, who originated the transcendental mellow of the rāsa dance, stands on the shore at Vaṁśīvaṭa and attracts the attention of the cowherd damsels with the sound of His celebrated flute. May they all confer upon us their benediction.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.8", "bengali": "

জয় জয় শ্রীচৈতন্য জয় নিত্যানন্দ ।
জয়াদ্বৈতচন্দ্র জয় গৌরভক্তবৃন্দ ॥ ৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

jaya jaya śrī-caitanya jaya nityānanda
jayādvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

", "synonyms": "

jaya jaya śrī-caitanya — all glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; jaya nityānanda — all glories to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu; jaya advaita-candra — all glories to Advaita Prabhu; jaya gaura-bhakta-vṛnda — all glories to the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

", "translation": "

All glories to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu! All glories to Lord Nityānanda! All glories to Advaita Ācārya! And all glories to all the devotees of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu!

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.9", "bengali": "

মধ্যলীলা সংক্ষেপেতে করিলুঁ বর্ণন ।
অন্ত্যলীলা-বর্ণন কিছু শুন, ভক্তগণ ॥ ৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

madhya-līlā saṅkṣepete kariluṅ varṇana
antya-līlā-varṇana kichu śuna, bhakta-gaṇa

", "synonyms": "

madhya-līlā — pastimes known as madhya-līlā; saṅkṣepete — in brief; kariluṅ varṇana — I have described; antya-līlā — the last pastimes; varṇana — description; kichu — something; śuna — hear; bhakta-gaṇa — O devotees.

", "translation": "

I have briefly described the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu known as the madhya-līlā. Now I shall attempt to describe something about His last pastimes, which are known as the antya-līlā.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.10", "bengali": "

মধ্যলীলা-মধ্যে অন্ত্যলীলা-সূত্রগণ ।
পূর্বগ্রন্থে সংক্ষেপেতে করিয়াছি বর্ণন ॥ ১০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

madhya-līlā-madhye antya-līlā-sūtra-gaṇa
pūrva-granthe saṅkṣepete kariyāchi varṇana

", "synonyms": "

madhya-līlā-madhye — within the madhya-līlā chapters; antya-līlā-sūtra-gaṇa — a synopsis of the antya-līlā; pūrva-granthe — in the previous chapter; saṅkṣepete — in brief; kariyāchi varṇana — I have described.

", "translation": "

I have briefly described the antya-līlā within the description of the madhya-līlā.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.11", "bengali": "

আমি জরাগ্রস্ত, নিকটে জানিয়া মরণ ।
অন্ত্য কোনো কোনো লীলা করিয়াছি বর্ণন ॥ ১১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

āmi jarā-grasta, nikaṭe jāniyā maraṇa
antya kono kono līlā kariyāchi varṇana

", "synonyms": "

āmi jarā-grasta — I am invalid because of old age; nikaṭe — very near; jāniyā — knowing; maraṇa — death; antya — final; kono kono — some; līlā — pastimes; kariyāchi varṇana — I have described.

", "translation": "

I am now almost an invalid because of old age, and I know that at any moment I may die. Therefore I have already described some portions of the antya-līlā.

", "purport": "

Following in the footsteps of Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, I am trying to translate Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as quickly as possible. However, knowing myself to be an old man and almost an invalid because of rheumatism, I have already translated the essence of all literatures, the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, as a summary study in English. I started the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement at the age of seventy. Now I am seventy-eight, and so my death is imminent. I am trying to finish the translation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as soon as possible, but before finishing it, I have given my readers the book Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, so that if I die before finishing the whole task, they may enjoy this book, which is the essence of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.12", "bengali": "

পূর্বলিখিত গ্রন্থসূত্র-অনুসারে ।
যেই নাহি লিখি, তাহা লিখিয়ে বিস্তারে ॥ ১২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

pūrva-likhita grantha-sūtra-anusāre
yei nāhi likhi, tāhā likhiye vistāre

", "synonyms": "

pūrva-likhita — previously mentioned; grantha-sūtra — the synopsis of the pastimes; anusāre — according to; yei — whatever; nāhi likhi — I have not mentioned; tāhā — that; likhiye — I shall write; vistāre — elaborately.

", "translation": "

In accordance with the synopsis previously written, I shall describe in detail whatever I have not mentioned.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.13", "bengali": "

বৃন্দাবন হৈতে প্রভু নীলাচলে আইলা ।
স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি গৌড়ে বার্তা পাঠাইলা ॥ ১৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

vṛndāvana haite prabhu nīlācale āilā
svarūpa-gosāñi gauḍe vārtā pāṭhāilā

", "synonyms": "

vṛndāvana haite — from Vṛndāvana; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; nīlācale āilā — returned to Jagannātha Purī, Nīlācala; svarūpa-gosāñi — Svarūpa Dāmodara; gauḍe — to Bengal; vārtā pāṭhāilā — sent news.

", "translation": "

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī from Vṛndāvana, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi immediately sent news of the Lord’s arrival to the devotees in Bengal.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.14", "bengali": "

শুনি’ শচী আনন্দিত, সব ভক্তগণ ।
সবে মিলি’ নীলাচলে করিলা গমন ॥ ১৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śuni’ śacī ānandita, saba bhakta-gaṇa
sabe mili’ nīlācale karilā gamana

", "synonyms": "

śuni’ — hearing; śacī — mother Śacī; ānandita — very pleased; saba bhakta-gaṇa — as well as all the other devotees of Navadvīpa; sabe mili’ — meeting together; nīlācale — to Jagannātha Purī, Nīlācala; karilā gamana — departed.

", "translation": "

Upon hearing this news, mother Śacī and all the other devotees of Navadvīpa were very joyful, and they all departed together for Nīlācala [Jagannātha Purī].

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.15", "bengali": "

কুলীনগ্রামী ভক্ত আর যত খণ্ডবাসী ।
আচার্য শিবানন্দ সনে মিলিলা সবে আসি’ ॥ ১৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

kulīna-grāmī bhakta āra yata khaṇḍa-vāsī
ācārya śivānanda sane mililā sabe āsi’

", "synonyms": "

kulīna-grāmī — residents of the village known as Kulīna-grāma; bhakta — devotees; āra — and; yata — all; khaṇḍa-vāsī — the residents of Śrī Khaṇḍa; ācārya — Advaita Ācārya; śivānanda — Śivānanda Sena; sane — with; mililā — met; sabe āsi’ — all coming together.

", "translation": "

Thus all the devotees of Kulīna-grāma and Śrī Khaṇḍa, as well as Advaita Ācārya, came together to meet Śivānanda Sena.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.16", "bengali": "

শিবানন্দ করে সবার ঘাটি সমাধান ।
সবারে পালন করে, দেয় বাসা-স্থান ॥ ১৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śivānanda kare sabāra ghāṭi samādhāna
sabāre pālana kare, deya vāsā-sthāna

", "synonyms": "

śivānanda — Śivānanda; kare — does; sabāra — of everyone; ghāṭi — the camp; samādhāna — arrangement; sabāre — of everyone; pālana — maintenance; kare — performs; deya — gives; vāsā-sthāna — residential quarters.

", "translation": "

Śivānanda Sena arranged for the journey. He maintained everyone and provided residential quarters.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.17", "bengali": "

এক কুক্কুর চলে শিবানন্দ-সনে ।
ভক্ষ্য দিয়া লঞা চলে করিয়া পালনে ॥ ১৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

eka kukkura cale śivānanda-sane
bhakṣya diyā lañā cale kariyā pālane

", "synonyms": "

eka — one; kukkura — dog; cale — goes; śivānanda-sane — with Śivānanda Sena; bhakṣya — food; diyā — giving; lañā — taking; cale — goes; kariyā pālane — maintaining the dog.

", "translation": "

While going to Jagannātha Purī, Śivānanda Sena allowed a dog to go with him. He supplied it food to eat and maintained it.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.18", "bengali": "

একদিন একস্থানে নদী পার হৈতে ।
উড়িয়া নাবিক কুক্কুর না চড়ায় নৌকাতে ॥ ১৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

eka-dina eka-sthāne nadī pāra haite
uḍiyā nāvika kukkura nā caḍāya naukāte

", "synonyms": "

eka-dina — one day; eka-sthāne — in one place; nadī — a river; pāra — crossing; haite — to do; uḍiyā nāvika — a boatman who was an Oriyā (Orissan); kukkura — the dog; nā caḍāya — does not allow to mount; naukāte — on the boat.

", "translation": "

One day, when they needed to cross a river, an Orissan boatman would not allow the dog to get in the boat.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.19", "bengali": "

কুক্কুর রহিলা, — শিবানন্দ দুঃখী হৈলা ।
দশ পণ কড়ি দিয়া কুক্কুরে পার কৈলা ॥ ১৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

kukkura rahilā, — śivānanda duḥkhī hailā
daśa paṇa kaḍi diyā kukkure pāra kailā

", "synonyms": "

kukkura rahilā — the dog remained; śivānanda duḥkhī hailā — Śivānanda became very unhappy; daśa paṇa — ten paṇa; kaḍi — small conchshells; diyā — paying; kukkure — the dog; pāra kailā — crossed to the other side of the river.

", "translation": "

Śivānanda Sena, unhappy that the dog had to stay behind, paid the boatman ten paṇa of conchshells to take the dog across the river.

", "purport": "

One paṇa is eighty kaḍis, or small conchshells. Formerly, even fifty or sixty years ago, there was no paper currency in India. Coins were generally made not of base metal but of gold, silver and copper. In other words, the medium of exchange was really something valuable. Four pieces of kaḍi made one gaṇḍā, and twenty such gaṇḍās equaled one paṇa. This kaḍi was also used as a medium of exchange; therefore Śivānanda Sena paid for the dog with daśa paṇa, or eighty times ten pieces of kaḍi. In those days one paisa was also subdivided into small conchshells, but at the present moment the prices for commodities have gone so high that there is nothing one can get in exchange for only one paisa. With one paisa in those days, however, one could purchase sufficient vegetables to provide for a whole family. Even thirty years ago, vegetables were occasionally so inexpensive that one paisa’s worth could provide for a whole family for a day.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.20", "bengali": "

একদিন শিবানন্দে ঘাটিয়ালে রাখিলা ।
কুক্কুরকে ভাত দিতে সেবক পাসরিলা ॥ ২০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

eka-dina śivānande ghāṭiyāle rākhilā
kukkurake bhāta dite sevaka pāsarilā

", "synonyms": "

eka-dina — one day; śivānande — Śivānanda Sena; ghāṭiyāle — tollman; rākhilā — detained; kukkurake — unto the dog; bhāta dite — to supply rice; sevaka — the servant; pāsarilā — forgot.

", "translation": "

One day while Śivānanda was detained by a tollman, his servant forgot to give the dog its cooked rice.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.21", "bengali": "

রাত্রে আসি’ শিবানন্দ ভোজনের কালে ।
‘কুক্কুর পাঞাছে ভাত?’ — সেবকে পুছিলে ॥ ২১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rātre āsi’ śivānanda bhojanera kāle
‘kukkura pāñāche bhāta?’ — sevake puchile

", "synonyms": "

rātre āsi’ — returning at night; śivānanda — Śivānanda Sena; bhojanera kāle — at the time of eating; kukkura — the dog; pāñāche — has gotten; bhāta — rice; sevake — from the servant; puchile — he inquired.

", "translation": "

At night, when Śivānanda Sena returned and was taking his meal, he inquired from the servant whether the dog had gotten its meals.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.22", "bengali": "

কুক্কুর নাহি পায় ভাত শুনি’ দুঃখী হৈলা ।
কুক্কুর চাহিতে দশ-মনুষ্য পাঠাইলা ॥ ২২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

kukkura nāhi pāya bhāta śuni’ duḥkhī hailā
kukkura cāhite daśa-manuṣya pāṭhāilā

", "synonyms": "

kukkura — the dog; nāhi — did not; pāya — get; bhāta — rice; śuni’ — hearing; duḥkhī hailā — Śivānanda Sena became very unhappy; kukkura cāhite — to look for the dog; daśa-manuṣya — ten men; pāṭhāilā — sent.

", "translation": "

When he learned that the dog had not been supplied food in his absence, he was very unhappy. He then immediately sent ten men to find the dog.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.23", "bengali": "

চাহিয়া না পাইল কুক্কুর, লোক সব আইলা ।
দুঃখী হঞা শিবানন্দ উপবাস কৈলা ॥ ২৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

cāhiyā nā pāila kukkura, loka saba āilā
duḥkhī hañā śivānanda upavāsa kailā

", "synonyms": "

cāhiyā — looking; nā — not; pāila — found; kukkura — the dog; loka saba āilā — all the men returned; duḥkhī hañā — being unhappy; śivānanda — Śivānanda Sena; upavāsa — fast; kailā — observed.

", "translation": "

When the men returned without success, Śivānanda Sena became very unhappy and fasted for the night.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.24", "bengali": "

প্রভাতে কুক্কুর চাহি’ কাঁহা না পাইল ।
সকল বৈষ্ণবের মনে চমৎকার হৈল ॥ ২৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prabhāte kukkura cāhi’ kāṅhā nā pāila
sakala vaiṣṇavera mane camatkāra haila

", "synonyms": "

prabhāte — in the morning; kukkura — the dog; cāhi’ — looking for; kāṅhā — anywhere; nā pāila — not found; sakala vaiṣṇavera — of all the Vaiṣṇavas present; mane — in the minds; camatkāra haila — there was great astonishment.

", "translation": "

In the morning they looked for the dog, but it could not be found anywhere. All the Vaiṣṇavas were astonished.

", "purport": "

Śivānanda Sena’s attachment to the dog was a great boon for that animal. The dog appears to have been a street dog. Since it naturally began to follow Śivānanda Sena while he was going to Jagannātha Purī with his party, he accepted it into his party and maintained it the same way he was maintaining the other devotees. It appears that although on one occasion the dog was not allowed aboard a boat, Śivānanda did not leave the dog behind but paid more money just to induce the boatman to take the dog across the river. Then when the servant forgot to feed the dog and the dog disappeared, Śivānanda, being very anxious, sent ten men to find it. When they could not find it, Śivānanda observed a fast. Thus it appears that somehow or other Śivānanda had become attached to the dog.

As will be evident from the following verses, the dog got the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and was immediately promoted to Vaikuṇṭha to become an eternal devotee. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has therefore sung, tumi ta’ ṭhākura, tomāra kukkura, baliyā jānaha more (Śaraṇāgati 19). He thus offers to become the dog of a Vaiṣṇava. There are many other instances in which the pet animal of a Vaiṣṇava was delivered back home to Vaikuṇṭhaloka, back to Godhead. Such is the benefit of somehow or other becoming the favorite of a Vaiṣṇava. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has also sung, kīṭa-janma ha-u yathā tuyā dāsa (Śaraṇāgati 11). There is no harm in taking birth again and again. Our only desire should be to take birth under the care of a Vaiṣṇava. Fortunately we had the opportunity to be born of a Vaiṣṇava father who took care of us very nicely. He prayed to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī that in the future we would become a servant of the eternal consort of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Thus somehow or other we are now engaged in that service. We may conclude that even as dogs we must take shelter of a Vaiṣṇava. The benefit will be the same as that which accrues to an advanced devotee under a Vaiṣṇava’s care.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.25", "bengali": "

উৎকণ্ঠায় চলি’ সবে আইলা নীলাচলে ।
পূর্ববৎ মহাপ্রভু মিলিলা সকলে ॥ ২৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

utkaṇṭhāya cali’ sabe āilā nīlācale
pūrvavat mahāprabhu mililā sakale

", "synonyms": "

utkaṇṭhāya — in great anxiety; cali’ — walking; sabe — all the devotees; āilā — came to Jagannātha Purī, Nīlācala; nīlācale — as usual; pūrvavat — as usual; mahāprabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; mililā sakale — met all of them.

", "translation": "

Thus in great anxiety they all walked to Jagannātha Purī, where Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu met them as usual.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.26", "bengali": "

সবা লঞা কৈলা জগন্নাথ দরশন ।
সবা লঞা মহাপ্রভু করেন ভোজন ॥ ২৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sabā lañā kailā jagannātha daraśana
sabā lañā mahāprabhu karena bhojana

", "synonyms": "

sabā lañā — taking all of them; kailā — did; jagannātha daraśana — visiting the Jagannātha temple; sabā lañā — with all of them; mahāprabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; karena bhojana — took prasādam..

", "translation": "

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went with them to see the Lord in the temple, and on that day He also took lunch in the company of all those devotees.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.27", "bengali": "

পূর্ববৎ সবারে প্রভু পাঠাইলা বাসা-স্থানে ।
প্রভু-ঠাঞি প্রাতঃকালে আইলা আর দিনে ॥ ২৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

pūrvavat sabāre prabhu pāṭhāilā vāsā-sthāne
prabhu-ṭhāñi prātaḥ-kāle āilā āra dine

", "synonyms": "

pūrvavat — as it was previously; sabāre — everyone; prabhu — Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; pāṭhāilā — sent; vāsā-sthāne — to their respective residential quarters; prabhu-ṭhāñi — to the place of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; prātaḥ-kāle — in the morning; āilā — they came; āra dine — on the next day.

", "translation": "

As previously, the Lord provided them all with residential quarters. And the next morning all the devotees came to see the Lord.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.28", "bengali": "

আসিয়া দেখিল সবে সেই ত কুক্কুরে ।
প্রভু-পাশে বসিয়াছে কিছু অল্পদূরে ॥ ২৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

āsiyā dekhila sabe sei ta kukkure
prabhu-pāśe vasiyāche kichu alpa-dūre

", "synonyms": "

āsiyā — coming; dekhila — they saw; sabe — everyone; sei ta kukkure — that very same dog; prabhu-pāśe — near Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; vasiyāche — sat; kichu alpa-dūre — a little bit away from the Lord.

", "translation": "

When all the devotees came to the place of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they saw the same dog sitting a little apart from the Lord.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.29", "bengali": "

প্রসাদ নারিকেল-শস্য দেন ফেলাঞা ।
‘রাম’ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘হরি’ কহ’ — বলেন হাসিয়া ॥ ২৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prasāda nārikela-śasya dena phelāñā
‘rāma’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘hari’ kaha’ — balena hāsiyā

", "synonyms": "

prasāda — food; nārikela-śasya — pulp of green coconut; dena — gives; phelāñā — throwing; rāma — Lord Rāmacandra; kṛṣṇa — Śrī Kṛṣṇa; hari — the holy name of Hari; kaha’ — say; balena — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says; hāsiyā — smiling.

", "translation": "

Furthermore, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was throwing remnants of green coconut pulp to the dog. Smiling in His own way, He was saying to the dog, “Chant the holy names ‘Rāma,’ ‘Kṛṣṇa’ and ‘Hari.’ ”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.30", "bengali": "

শস্য খায় কুক্কুর, ‘কৃষ্ণ’ কহে বার বার ।
দেখিয়া লোকের মনে হৈল চমৎকার ॥ ৩০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śasya khāya kukkura, ‘kṛṣṇa’ kahe bāra bāra
dekhiyā lokera mane haila camatkāra

", "synonyms": "

śasya khāya — eats the pulp of green coconut; kukkura — the dog; kṛṣṇa — the holy name of Kṛṣṇa; kahe — chants; bāra bāra — again and again; dekhiyā — seeing this; lokera — of all the people; mane — in the minds; haila — there was; camatkāra — astonishment.

", "translation": "

Seeing the dog eating the green coconut pulp and chanting “Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa” again and again, all the devotees present were very surprised.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.31", "bengali": "

শিবানন্দ কুক্কুর দেখি’ দণ্ডবৎ কৈলা ।
দৈন্য করি’ নিজ অপরাধ ক্ষমাইলা ॥ ৩১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śivānanda kukkura dekhi’ daṇḍavat kailā
dainya kari’ nija aparādha kṣamāilā

", "synonyms": "

śivānanda — Śivānanda Sena; kukkura — the dog; dekhi’ — seeing there; daṇḍavat kailā — offered obeisances; dainya kari’ — exhibiting humbleness; nija — personal; aparādha — offenses; kṣamāilā — asked to be forgiven.

", "translation": "

When he saw the dog sitting in that way and chanting the name of Kṛṣṇa, Śivānanda, because of his natural humility, immediately offered his obeisances to the dog just to counteract his offenses to it.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.32", "bengali": "

আর দিন কেহ তার দেখা না পাইলা ।
সিদ্ধ-দেহ পাঞা কুক্কুর বৈকুণ্ঠেতে গেলা ॥ ৩২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

āra dina keha tāra dekhā nā pāilā
siddha-deha pāñā kukkura vaikuṇṭhete gelā

", "synonyms": "

āra dina — the next day; keha — all of them; tāra — of the dog; dekhā nā pāilā — did not get sight; siddha-deha pāñā — obtaining a spiritual body; kukkura — the dog; vaikuṇṭhete gelā — went to the spiritual kingdom, Vaikuṇṭha.

", "translation": "

The next day, no one saw that dog, for it had obtained its spiritual body and departed for Vaikuṇṭha, the spiritual kingdom.

", "purport": "

This is the result of sādhu-saṅga — consequent association with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and promotion back home, back to Godhead. This result is possible even for a dog, by the mercy of the Vaiṣṇava. Therefore, everyone in the human form of life should be induced to associate with devotees. By rendering a little service, even by eating prasādam, what to speak of chanting and dancing, everyone can be promoted to Vaikuṇṭhaloka. It is therefore requested that all our devotees in the ISKCON community become pure Vaiṣṇavas, so that by their mercy all the people of the world will be transferred to Vaikuṇṭhaloka, even without their knowledge. Everyone should be given a chance to take prasādam and thus be induced to chant the holy names Hare Kṛṣṇa and also dance in ecstasy. By these three processes, although performed without knowledge or education, even an animal went back to Godhead.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.33", "bengali": "

ঐছে দিব্যলীলা করে শচীর নন্দন ।
কুক্কুরকে কৃষ্ণ কহাঞা করিলা মোচন ॥ ৩৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

aiche divya-līlā kare śacīra nandana
kukkurake kṛṣṇa kahāñā karilā mocana

", "synonyms": "

aiche — in that way; divya-līlā — transcendental activities; kare — performs; śacīra nandana — the son of mother Śacī; kukkurake — even a dog; kṛṣṇa kahāñā — inducing to chant the holy name “Kṛṣṇa”; karilā mocana — delivered.

", "translation": "

Such are the transcendental pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the son of mother Śacī. He even delivered a dog simply by inducing it to chant the mahā-mantra, Hare Kṛṣṇa.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.34", "bengali": "

এথা প্রভু-আজ্ঞায় রূপ আইলা বৃন্দাবন ।
কৃষ্ণলীলা-নাটক করিতে হৈল মন ॥ ৩৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

ethā prabhu-ājñāya rūpa āilā vṛndāvana
kṛṣṇa-līlā-nāṭaka karite haila mana

", "synonyms": "

ethā — on the other side; prabhu-ājñāya — upon the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; rūpa — Rūpa Gosvāmī; āilā — went; vṛndāvana — to Vṛndāvana; kṛṣṇa-līlā-nāṭaka — a drama on Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes; karite — to compose; haila — it was; mana — the mind.

", "translation": "

Meanwhile, following the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī returned to Vṛndāvana. He desired to write dramas concerning the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.35", "bengali": "

বৃন্দাবনে নাটকের আরম্ভ করিলা ।
মঙ্গলাচরণ ‘নান্দী-শ্লোক’ তথাই লিখিলা ॥ ৩৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

vṛndāvane nāṭakera ārambha karilā
maṅgalācaraṇa ‘nāndī-śloka’ tathāi likhilā

", "synonyms": "

vṛndāvane — at Vṛndāvana; nāṭakera — of the drama; ārambha — the beginning; karilā — wrote; maṅgalācaraṇa — invoking auspiciousness; nāndī-śloka — introductory verse; tathāi — there; likhilā — he wrote.

", "translation": "

In Vṛndāvana, Rūpa Gosvāmī began to write a drama. In particular, he composed the introductory verses to invoke good fortune.

", "purport": "

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura quotes from the Nāṭaka-candrikā, wherein it is written:

prastāvanāyās tu mukhe nāndī kāryā śubhāvahā
āśīr-namaskriyā-vastu- nirdeśānyatamānvitā

aṣṭābhir daśabhir yuktā kiṁ vā dvādaśabhiḥ padaiḥ
candra-nāmāṅkitā prāyo maṅgalārtha-padojjvalā
maṅgalaṁ cakra-kamala- cakora-kumudādikam

Similarly, in the sixth chapter of the Sāhitya-darpaṇa, text 282, it is said:

āśīr-vacana-saṁyuktā stutir yasmāt prayujyate
deva-dvija-nṛ-pādīnāṁ tasmān nāndīti saṁjñitā

The introductory portion of a drama, which is written to invoke good fortune, is called nāndī-śloka.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.36", "bengali": "

পথে চলি’ আইসে নাটকের ঘটনা ভাবিতে ।
কড়চা করিয়া কিছু লাগিলা লিখিতে ॥ ৩৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

pathe cali’ āise nāṭakera ghaṭanā bhāvite
kaḍacā kariyā kichu lāgilā likhite

", "synonyms": "

pathe cali’ — walking on the road; āise — goes; nāṭakera — of the drama; ghaṭanā — events; bhāvite — thinking of; kaḍacā kariyā — making notes; kichu — something; lāgilā likhite — he began to write.

", "translation": "

On his way to Gauḍa-deśa, Rūpa Gosvāmī had been thinking of how to write the action of the drama. Thus he had made some notes and begun to write.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.37", "bengali": "

এইমতে দুই ভাই গৌড়দেশে আইলা ।
গৌড়ে আসি’ অনুপমের গঙ্গা-প্রাপ্তি হৈলা ॥ ৩৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

ei-mate dui bhāi gauḍa-deśe āilā
gauḍe āsi’ anupamera gaṅgā-prāpti hailā

", "synonyms": "

ei-mate — in this way; dui bhāi — Rūpa Gosvāmī and his younger brother, Anupama; gauḍa-deśe āilā — reached Bengal, which is known as Gauḍa-deśa; gauḍe āsi’ — coming to Gauḍa; anupamera — of Anupama; gaṅgā-prāpti hailā — there was attainment of the shelter of mother Ganges (passing away).

", "translation": "

In this way the two brothers Rūpa and Anupama reached Bengal, but when they arrived there Anupama died.

", "purport": "

Formerly when a person died it was commonly said that he had attained the shelter of mother Ganges, even if he did not die on the bank of the Ganges. It is customary among Hindus to carry a dying person to a nearby bank of the Ganges, for if one dies on the bank of the Ganges, his soul is considered to reach the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu, wherefrom the Ganges flows.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.38", "bengali": "

রূপ-গোসাঞি প্রভুপাশে করিলা গমন ।
প্রভুরে দেখিতে তাঁর উৎকণ্ঠিত মন ॥ ৩৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rūpa-gosāñi prabhu-pāśe karilā gamana
prabhure dekhite tāṅra utkaṇṭhita mana

", "synonyms": "

rūpa-gosāñi — Rūpa Gosvāmī; prabhu-pāśe — the place of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; karilā gamana — departed for; prabhure dekhite — to see Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; tāṅra — his; utkaṇṭhita — full of anxiety; mana — mind.

", "translation": "

Rūpa Gosvāmī then departed to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, for he was very eager to see Him.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.39", "bengali": "

অনুপমের লাগি’ তাঁর কিছু বিলম্ব হইল ।
ভক্তগণ-পাশ আইলা, লাগ্ না পাইল ॥ ৩৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

anupamera lāgi’ tāṅra kichu vilamba ha-ila
bhakta-gaṇa-pāśa āilā, lāg nā pāila

", "synonyms": "

anupamera lāgi’ — on account of the passing away of Anupama; tāṅra — of Rūpa Gosvāmī; kichu — some; vilamba — delay; ha-ila — there was; bhakta-gaṇa-pāśa — to the devotees in Bengal; āilā — came; lāg nā pāila — he could not contact them.

", "translation": "

There was some delay because of the death of Anupama, and therefore when Rūpa Gosvāmī went to Bengal to see the devotees there, he could not get in touch with them because they had already left.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.40", "bengali": "

উড়িয়া-দেশে ‘সত্যভামাপুর’-নামে গ্রাম ।
এক রাত্রি সেই গ্রামে করিলা বিশ্রাম ॥ ৪০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

uḍiyā-deśe ‘satyabhāmā-pura’-nāme grāma
eka rātri sei grāme karilā viśrāma

", "synonyms": "

uḍiyā-deśe — in the state of Orissa; satyabhāmā-pura — Satyabhāmā-pura; nāme — named; grāma — a village; eka rātri — one night; sei grāme — in that village; karilā viśrāma — he rested.

", "translation": "

In the province of Orissa there is a place known as Satyabhāmā-pura. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī rested for a night in that village on his way to Jagannātha Purī.

", "purport": "

There is a place known as Satyabhāmā-pura in the district of Kaṭaka (Cuttack), in Orissa. It is near the village known as Jānkādei-pura.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.41", "bengali": "

রাত্রে স্বপ্নে দেখে, — এক দিব্যরূপা নারী ।
সম্মুখে আসিয়া আজ্ঞা দিলা বহু কৃপা করি’ ॥ ৪১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rātre svapne dekhe, — eka divya-rūpā nārī
sammukhe āsiyā ājñā dilā bahu kṛpā kari’

", "synonyms": "

rātre — at night; svapne dekhe — he dreamed; eka — one; divya-rūpā nārī — celestially beautiful woman; sammukhe āsiyā — coming before him; ājñā dilā — ordered; bahu kṛpā kari’ — showing him much mercy.

", "translation": "

While resting in Satyabhāmā-pura, he dreamed that a celestially beautiful woman came before him and very mercifully gave him the following order.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.42", "bengali": "

“আমার নাটক পৃথক্ করহ রচন ।
আমার কৃপাতে নাটক হৈবে বিলক্ষণ ।।” ৪২ ॥ ৪২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

“āmāra nāṭaka pṛthak karaha racana
āmāra kṛpāte nāṭaka haibe vilakṣaṇa”

", "synonyms": "

āmāra nāṭaka — my drama; pṛthak karaha racana — write separately; āmāra kṛpāte — by my mercy; nāṭaka — the drama; haibe — will be; vilakṣaṇa — extraordinarily beautiful.

", "translation": "

“Write a separate drama about me,” she said. “By my mercy it will be extraordinarily beautiful.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.43", "bengali": "

স্বপ্ন দেখি’ রূপ-গোসাঞি করিলা বিচার ।
সত্যভামার আজ্ঞা — পৃথক্ নাটক করিবার ॥ ৪৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

svapna dekhi’ rūpa-gosāñi karilā vicāra
satyabhāmāra ājñā — pṛthak nāṭaka karibāra

", "synonyms": "

svapna dekhi’ — after dreaming; rūpa-gosāñi — Rūpa Gosvāmī; karilā vicāra — considered; satyabhāmāra ājñā — the order of Śrīmatī Satyabhāmā; pṛthak nāṭaka karibāra — to write a separate drama.

", "translation": "

After having that dream, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī considered, “It is the order of Satyabhāmā that I write a separate drama for her.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.44", "bengali": "

ব্রজ-পুর-লীলা একত্র করিয়াছি ঘটনা ।
দুই ভাগ করি’ এবে করিমু রচনা ॥ ৪৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

vraja-pura-līlā ekatra kariyāchi ghaṭanā
dui bhāga kari’ ebe karimu racanā

", "synonyms": "

vraja-pura-līlā — Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes in Vraja and Dvārakā; ekatra — in one place; kariyāchi — I have collected; ghaṭanā — all the events; dui bhāga kari’ — dividing into two different parts; ebe — now; karimu racanā — I shall write.

", "translation": "

“I have brought together in one work all the pastimes performed by Lord Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana and in Dvārakā. Now I shall have to divide them into two dramas.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.45", "bengali": "

ভাবিতে ভাবিতে শীঘ্র আইলা নীলাচলে ।
আসি’ উত্তরিলা হরিদাস-বাসাস্থলে ॥ ৪৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

bhāvite bhāvite śīghra āilā nīlācale
āsi’ uttarilā haridāsa-vāsā-sthale

", "synonyms": "

bhāvite bhāvite — thinking and thinking; śīghra — very soon; āilā nīlācale — reached Nīlācala (Jagannātha Purī); āsi’ — coming; uttarilā — approached; haridāsa-vāsā-sthale — the place where Haridāsa Ṭhākura was residing.

", "translation": "

Thus absorbed in thought, he quickly reached Jagannātha Purī. When he arrived, he approached the hut of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.46", "bengali": "

হরিদাস-ঠাকুর তাঁরে বহুকৃপা কৈলা ।
‘তুমি আসিবে, — মোরে প্রভু যে কহিলা’ ॥ ৪৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

haridāsa-ṭhākura tāṅre bahu-kṛpā kailā
‘tumi āsibe, — more prabhu ye kahilā’

", "synonyms": "

haridāsa-ṭhākura — Haridāsa Ṭhākura; tāṅre — unto him; bahu-kṛpā kailā — showed much affection because of love and mercy; tumi āsibe — you will come; more — me; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ye — that; kahilā — informed.

", "translation": "

Out of affectionate love and mercy, Haridāsa Ṭhākura told Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, “Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has already informed me that you would come here.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.47", "bengali": "

‘উপল-ভোগ’ দেখি’ হরিদাসেরে দেখিতে ।
প্রতিদিন আইসেন, প্রভু আইলা আচম্বিতে ॥ ৪৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

‘upala-bhoga’ dekhi’ haridāsere dekhite
pratidina āisena, prabhu āilā ācambite

", "synonyms": "

upala-bhoga — the offering of food to Lord Jagannātha at noon; dekhi’ — seeing; haridāsere dekhite — to see Haridāsa Ṭhākura; pratidina — daily; āisena — comes; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; āilā — He reached there; ācambite — all of a sudden.

", "translation": "

After seeing the upala-bhoga ceremony at the Jagannātha temple, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would regularly come to see Haridāsa every day. Thus He suddenly arrived there.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.48", "bengali": "

‘রূপ দণ্ডবৎ করে’, — হরিদাস কহিলা ।
হরিদাসে মিলি’ প্রভু রূপে আলিঙ্গিলা ॥ ৪৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

‘rūpa daṇḍavat kare’, — haridāsa kahilā
haridāse mili’ prabhu rūpe āliṅgilā

", "synonyms": "

rūpa — Rūpa Gosvāmī; daṇḍavat kare — offers You obeisances; haridāsa kahilā — Haridāsa informed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; haridāse mili’ — after meeting Haridāsa; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; rūpe āliṅgilā — embraced Rūpa Gosvāmī.

", "translation": "

When the Lord arrived, Rūpa Gosvāmī immediately offered his obeisances. Haridāsa informed the Lord, “This is Rūpa Gosvāmī offering You obeisances,” and the Lord embraced him.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.49", "bengali": "

হরিদাস-রূপে লঞা প্রভু বসিলা একস্থানে ।
কুশল-প্রশ্ন, ইষ্টগোষ্ঠী কৈলা কতক্ষণে ॥ ৪৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

haridāsa-rūpe lañā prabhu vasilā eka-sthāne
kuśala-praśna, iṣṭa-goṣṭhī kailā kata-kṣaṇe

", "synonyms": "

haridāsa-rūpe — both Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Rūpa Gosvāmī; lañā — with; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; vasilā — sat down; eka-sthāne — in one place; kuśala-praśna — questions about auspicious news; iṣṭa-goṣṭhī — talking together; kailā kata-kṣaṇe — continued for some time.

", "translation": "

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then sat down with Haridāsa and Rūpa Gosvāmī. They inquired from one another about auspicious news and then continued to talk together for some time.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.50", "bengali": "

সনাতনের বার্তা যবে গোসাঞি পুছিল ।
রূপ কহে, — ‘তার সঙ্গে দেখা না হইল ॥ ৫০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sanātanera vārtā yabe gosāñi puchila
rūpa kahe, — ’tāra saṅge dekhā nā ha-ila

", "synonyms": "

sanātanera vārtā — news of Sanātana Gosvāmī; yabe — when; gosāñi — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; puchila — inquired; rūpa kahe — Rūpa Gosvāmī says; tāra saṅge — with him; dekhā nā ha-ila — there was no meeting.

", "translation": "

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu inquired about Sanātana Gosvāmī, Rūpa Gosvāmī replied, “I did not meet him.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.51", "bengali": "

আমি গঙ্গাপথে আইলাঙ, তিঁহো রাজপথে ।
অতএব আমার দেখা নহিল তাঁর সাথে ॥ ৫১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

āmi gaṅgā-pathe āilāṅa, tiṅho rāja-pathe
ataeva āmāra dekhā nahila tāṅra sāthe

", "synonyms": "

āmi — I; gaṅgā-pathe — on the path on the bank of the Ganges; āilāṅa — I came; tiṅho — he; rāja-pathe — on the public road; ataeva — therefore; āmāra — my; dekhā — meeting; nahila — was not possible; tāṅra sāthe — with him.

", "translation": "

“I came by the path on the bank of the Ganges, whereas Sanātana Gosvāmī came by the public road. Therefore we did not meet.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.52", "bengali": "

প্রয়াগে শুনিলুঁ, — তেঁহো গেলা বৃন্দাবনে ।
অনুপমের গঙ্গা-প্রাপ্তি কৈল নিবেদনে ।।” ৫২ ॥ ৫২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prayāge śuniluṅ, — teṅho gelā vṛndāvane”
anupamera gaṅgā-prāpti kaila nivedane”

", "synonyms": "

prayāge — in Prayāga; śuniluṅ — I heard; teṅho — he; gelā vṛndāvane — has gone to Vṛndāvana; anupamera — of Anupama; gaṅgā-prāpti — getting the mercy of the Ganges (death); kaila nivedane — he informed.

", "translation": "

“In Prayāga I heard that he had already gone to Vṛndāvana.” Rūpa Gosvāmī next informed the Lord about the death of Anupama.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.53", "bengali": "

রূপে তাহাঁ বাসা দিয়া গোসাঞি চলিলা ।
গোসাঞির সঙ্গী ভক্ত রূপেরে মিলিলা ॥ ৫৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rūpe tāhāṅ vāsā diyā gosāñi calilā
gosāñira saṅgī bhakta rūpere mililā

", "synonyms": "

rūpe — to Rūpa; tāhāṅ — there; vāsā diyā — offered a residence; gosāñi calilā — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left the place; gosāñira saṅgī — the associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; bhakta — all the devotees; rūpere mililā — met Rūpa Gosvāmī.

", "translation": "

After allotting residential quarters there to Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left. Then all of the Lord’s personal associates met Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.54", "bengali": "

আর দিন মহাপ্রভু সব ভক্ত লঞা ।
রূপে মিলাইলা সবায় কৃপা ত’ করিয়া ॥ ৫৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

āra dina mahāprabhu saba bhakta lañā
rūpe milāilā sabāya kṛpā ta’ kariyā

", "synonyms": "

āra dina — the next day; mahāprabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; saba — all; bhakta lañā — taking the devotees; rūpe milāilā — introduced Rūpa Gosvāmī; sabāya — to all of them; kṛpā ta’ kariyā — showing His mercy.

", "translation": "

On the next day, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again met Rūpa Gosvāmī, and with great mercy the Lord introduced him to all the devotees.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.55", "bengali": "

সবার চরণ রূপ করিলা বন্দন ।
কৃপা করি’ রূপে সবে কৈলা আলিঙ্গন ॥ ৫৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sabāra caraṇa rūpa karilā vandana
kṛpā kari’ rūpe sabe kailā āliṅgana

", "synonyms": "

sabāra — of all the devotees; caraṇa — to the lotus feet; rūpa — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; karilā vandana — offered prayers; kṛpā kari’ — showing great mercy; rūpe — Rūpa Gosvāmī; sabe — all the devotees; kailā — did; āliṅgana — embracing.

", "translation": "

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī offered his respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of them all, and all the devotees, by their mercy, embraced him.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.56", "bengali": "

‘অদ্বৈত নিত্যানন্দ, তোমরা দুইজনে’ ।
প্রভু কহে — রূপে কৃপা কর কায়মনে ॥ ৫৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

‘advaita nityānanda, tomarā dui-jane’
prabhu kahe — rūpe kṛpā kara kāya-mane

", "synonyms": "

advaita — Advaita Ācārya; nityānanda — Nityānanda Prabhu; tomarā dui-jane’ — both of You; prabhu kahe — Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu says; rūpe — to Rūpa Gosvāmī; kṛpā — mercy; kara — show; kāya-mane — wholeheartedly.

", "translation": "

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu, “You should both show Your mercy wholeheartedly to Rūpa Gosvāmī.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.57", "bengali": "

তোমা-দুঁহার কৃপাতে ইহাঁর হউ তৈছে শক্তি ।
যাতে বিবরিতে পারেন কৃষ্ণরসভক্তি ॥ ৫৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

tomā-duṅhāra kṛpāte iṅhāra ha-u taiche śakti
yāte vivarite pārena kṛṣṇa-rasa-bhakti

", "synonyms": "

tomā-duṅhāra kṛpāte — by the mercy of both of You; iṅhāra — of Rūpa Gosvāmī; ha-u — let there be; taiche — such; śakti — power; yāte — by which; vivarite — to describe; pārena — is able; kṛṣṇa-rasa-bhakti — the transcendental mellows of devotional service.

", "translation": "

“May Rūpa Gosvāmī, by Your mercy, become so powerful that he will be able to describe the transcendental mellows of devotional service.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.58", "bengali": "

গৌড়িয়া, উড়িয়া, যত প্রভুর ভক্তগণ ।
সবার হইল রূপ স্নেহের ভাজন ॥ ৫৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

gauḍiyā, uḍiyā, yata prabhura bhakta-gaṇa
sabāra ha-ila rūpa snehera bhājana

", "synonyms": "

gauḍiyā — devotees from Bengal; uḍiyā — devotees belonging to Orissa; yata — all; prabhura bhakta-gaṇa — devotees of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; sabāra — of all of them; ha-ila — was; rūpa — Rūpa Gosvāmī; snehera bhājana — an object of love and affection.

", "translation": "

Thus Rūpa Gosvāmī became the object of love and affection for all the devotees of the Lord, including those who came from Bengal and those who resided in Orissa.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.59", "bengali": "

প্রতিদিন আসি’ রূপে করেন মিলনে ।
মন্দিরে যে প্রসাদ পান, দেন দুই জনে ॥ ৫৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

pratidina āsi’ rūpe karena milane
mandire ye prasāda pāna, dena dui jane

", "synonyms": "

pratidina — every day; āsi’ — going; rūpe — Rūpa Gosvāmī; karena milane — Caitanya Mahāprabhu meets; mandire — at the Jagannātha temple; ye — whatever; prasāda pāna — prasādam He gets; dena — gives; dui jane — to two persons, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Haridāsa Ṭhākura.

", "translation": "

Every day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would go to see Rūpa Gosvāmī, and whatever prasādam He received from the temple He would deliver to Rūpa Gosvāmī and Haridāsa Ṭhākura.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.60", "bengali": "

ইষ্টগোষ্ঠী দুঁহা সনে করি’ কতক্ষণ ।
মধ্যাহ্ন করিতে প্রভু করিলা গমন ॥ ৬০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

iṣṭa-goṣṭhī duṅhā sane kari’ kata-kṣaṇa
madhyāhna karite prabhu karilā gamana

", "synonyms": "

iṣṭa-goṣṭhī — conversation; duṅhā sane — with both Rūpa Gosvāmī and Haridāsa; kari’ — doing; kata-kṣaṇa — for some time; madhya-ahna karite — to execute daily noontime duties; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; karilā gamana — left that place.

", "translation": "

He would talk for some time with them both and then leave to perform His noontime duties.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.61", "bengali": "

এইমত প্রতিদিন প্রভুর ব্যবহার ।
প্রভুকৃপা পাঞা রূপের আনন্দ অপার ॥ ৬১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

ei-mata pratidina prabhura vyavahāra
prabhu-kṛpā pāñā rūpera ānanda apāra

", "synonyms": "

ei-mata — in this way; pratidina — daily; prabhura vyavahāra — the dealings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; prabhu-kṛpā — the mercy of Lord Caitanya; pāñā — getting; rūpera — of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; ānanda apāra — unlimited happiness.

", "translation": "

In this way Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dealings with them continued every day. Thus receiving the transcendental favor of the Lord, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī felt unlimited pleasure.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.62", "bengali": "

ভক্তগণ লঞা কৈলা গুণ্ডিচা মার্জন ।
আইটোটা আসি’ কৈলা বন্য-ভোজন ॥ ৬২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

bhakta-gaṇa lañā kailā guṇḍicā mārjana
āitoṭā āsi’ kailā vanya-bhojana

", "synonyms": "

bhakta-gaṇa — all the devotees; lañā — taking; kailā — performed; guṇḍicā mārjana — cleansing and washing of the Guṇḍicā temple; āiṭoṭā āsi’ — coming to the nearby garden named Āiṭoṭā; kailā — had; vanya-bhojana — a picnic within the garden.

", "translation": "

After Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, taking all His devotees with Him, performed the Guṇḍicā-mārjana [washing and cleansing of the Guṇḍicā temple], He went to the garden known as Āiṭoṭā and accepted prasādam at a picnic within the garden.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.63", "bengali": "

প্রসাদ খায়, ‘হরি’ বলে সর্বভক্তজন ।
দেখি’ হরিদাস-রূপের হরষিত মন ॥ ৬৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prasāda khāya, ‘hari’ bale sarva-bhakta-jana
dekhi’ haridāsa-rūpera haraṣita mana

", "synonyms": "

prasāda khāya — eat the prasādam; hari bale — chant the holy name of Hari; sarva-bhakta-jana — all the devotees; dekhi’ — seeing this; haridāsa — of Haridāsa Ṭhākura; rūpera — and of Rūpa Gosvāmī; haraṣita — jubilant; mana — the minds.

", "translation": "

When Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Rūpa Gosvāmī saw that all the devotees were accepting prasādam and chanting the holy name of Hari, they both were greatly pleased.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.64", "bengali": "

গোবিন্দদ্বারা প্রভুর শেষ-প্রসাদ পাইলা ।
প্রেমে মত্ত দুইজন নাচিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৬৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

govinda-dvārā prabhura śeṣa-prasāda pāilā
preme matta dui-jana nācite lāgilā

", "synonyms": "

govinda-dvārā — through Govinda; prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; śeṣa-prasāda — remnants of food; pāilā — they got; preme matta — overwhelmed by ecstasy; dui-jana — both of them; nācite lāgilā — began to dance.

", "translation": "

When they received the remnants of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s prasādam through Govinda, they respected it, and then they both began to dance in ecstasy.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.65", "bengali": "

আর দিন প্রভু রূপে মিলিয়া বসিলা ।
সর্বজ্ঞ-শিরোমণি প্রভু কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৬৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

āra dina prabhu rūpe miliyā vasilā
sarvajña-śiromaṇi prabhu kahite lāgilā

", "synonyms": "

āra dina — the next day; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; rūpe — with Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; miliyā — meeting; vasilā — sat down; sarva-jña-śiromaṇi — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the best of the omniscient; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kahite lāgilā — began to speak.

", "translation": "

On the next day, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to see Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, the omniscient Lord spoke as follows.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.66", "bengali": "

“কৃষ্ণেরে বাহির নাহি করিহ ব্রজ হৈতে ।
ব্রজ ছাড়ি’ কৃষ্ণ কভু না যান কাহাঁতে ॥ ৬৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

‘kṛṣṇere bāhira nāhi kariha vraja haite
vraja chāḍi’ kṛṣṇa kabhu nā yāna kāhāṅte

", "synonyms": "

kṛṣṇere — Kṛṣṇa; bāhira — outside; nāhi — do not; kariha — take; vraja haite — from Vṛndāvana; vraja chāḍi’ — leaving Vṛndāvana; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; kabhu — at any time; nā — not; yāna — goes; kāhāṅte — anywhere.

", "translation": "

“Do not try to take Kṛṣṇa out of Vṛndāvana, for He does not go anywhere else at any time.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.67", "bengali": "

কৃষ্ণোঽন্যো যদুসম্ভূতো যঃ পূর্ণঃ সোঽস্ত্যতঃ পরঃ ।
বৃন্দাবনং পরিত্যজ্য স ক্কচিন্নৈব গচ্ছতি ॥ ৬৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

kṛṣṇo ’nyo yadu-sambhūto
yaḥ pūrṇaḥ so ’sty ataḥ paraḥ
vṛndāvanaṁ parityajya
sa kvacin naiva gacchati

", "synonyms": "

kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; anyaḥ — another (Lord Vāsudeva); yadu-sambhūtaḥ — born in the Yadu dynasty; yaḥ — who; pūrṇaḥ — the full Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa; saḥ — He; asti — is; ataḥ — than Him (Vāsudeva); paraḥ — different; vṛndāvanam — the place Vṛndāvana; parityajya — giving up; saḥ — He; kvacit — at any time; na eva gacchati — does not go.

", "translation": "

“The Kṛṣṇa known as Yadu-kumāra is Vāsudeva Kṛṣṇa. He is different from the Kṛṣṇa who is the son of Nanda Mahārāja. Yadu-kumāra Kṛṣṇa manifests His pastimes in the cities of Mathurā and Dvārakā, but Kṛṣṇa the son of Nanda Mahārāja never at any time leaves Vṛndāvana.’ ”

", "purport": "

This verse is included in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (1.5.461), by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.68", "bengali": "

এত কহি’ মহাপ্রভু মধ্যাহ্নে চলিলা ।
রূপ-গোসাঞি মনে কিছু বিস্ময় হইলা ॥ ৬৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

eta kahi’ mahāprabhu madhyāhne calilā
rūpa-gosāñi mane kichu vismaya ha-ilā

", "synonyms": "

eta kahi’ — saying this; mahāprabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; madhya-ahne calilā — left to execute noon duties; rūpa-gosāñi — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; mane — in the mind; kichu — some; vismaya ha-ilā — there was surprise.

", "translation": "

After saying this, Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to perform His noontime duties, leaving Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī somewhat surprised.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.69", "bengali": "

“পৃথক্ নাটক করিতে সত্যভামা আজ্ঞা দিল ।
জানিলু, পৃথক্ নাটক করিতে প্রভু-আজ্ঞা হৈল ॥ ৬৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

“pṛthak nāṭaka karite satyabhāmā ājñā dila
jānilu, pṛthak nāṭaka karite prabhu-ājñā haila

", "synonyms": "

pṛthak nāṭaka — different dramas; karite — to write; satyabhāmā — Satyabhāmā; ājñā dila — ordered; jānilu — now I understand; pṛthak nāṭaka — different dramas; karite — to write; prabhu-ājñā — the order of the Lord; haila — there was.

", "translation": "

“Satyabhāmā ordered me to write two different dramas,” Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī thought. “Now I understand that this order has been confirmed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.70", "bengali": "

পূর্বে দুই নাটক ছিল একত্র রচনা ।
দুইভাগ করি এবে করিমু ঘটনা ॥ ৭০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

pūrve dui nāṭaka chila ekatra racanā
dui-bhāga kari ebe karimu ghaṭanā

", "synonyms": "

pūrve — previously; dui nāṭaka — two dramas; chila — there was; ekatra — together; racanā — composition; dui-bhāga kari — dividing into two; ebe — now; karimu ghaṭanā — I shall write the incidents.

", "translation": "

“Formerly I wrote the two dramas as one composition. Now I shall divide it and describe the incidents in two separate works.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.71", "bengali": "

দুই ‘নান্দী’ ‘প্রস্তাবনা’, দুই ‘সংঘটনা’ ।
পৃথক্ করিয়া লিখি করিয়া ভাবনা ॥ ৭১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

dui ‘nāndī’ ‘prastāvanā’, dui ‘saṁghaṭanā’
pṛthak kariyā likhi kariyā bhāvanā

", "synonyms": "

dui nāndī — two invocations of good fortune; prastāvanā — introductions; dui — two; saṁghaṭanā — chains of events; pṛthak kariyā — making separate; likhi — I shall write; kariyā bhāvanā — thinking about them.

", "translation": "

“I shall write two separate invocations of good fortune and two different introductions. Let me think deeply about the matter and then describe two different sets of incidents.”

", "purport": "

The two works are the Vidagdha-mādhava and the Lalita-mādhava. The Vidagdha-mādhava describes pastimes in Vṛndāvana, and the Lalita-mādhava describes pastimes in Dvārakā and Mathurā.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.72", "bengali": "

রথযাত্রায় জগন্নাথ দর্শন করিলা ।
রথ-অগ্রে প্রভুর নৃত্য-কীর্তন দেখিলা ॥ ৭২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

ratha-yātrāya jagannātha darśana karilā
ratha-agre prabhura nṛtya-kīrtana dekhilā

", "synonyms": "

ratha-yātrāya — during the function of Ratha-yātrā; jagannātha — Lord Jagannātha; darśana karilā — he saw; ratha-agre — the front of the ratha, or chariot; prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; nṛtya — dancing; kīrtana — chanting; dekhilā — he saw.

", "translation": "

During the Ratha-yātrā ceremony Rūpa Gosvāmī saw Lord Jagannātha. He also saw Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing and chanting in front of the ratha.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.73", "bengali": "

প্রভুর নৃত্য-শ্লোক শুনি’ শ্রীরূপ-গোসাঞি ।
সেই শ্লোকার্থ লঞা শ্লোক করিলা তথাই ॥ ৭৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prabhura nṛtya-śloka śuni’ śrī-rūpa-gosāñi
sei ślokārtha lañā śloka karilā tathāi

", "synonyms": "

prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; nṛtya-śloka — verse uttered during His dancing; śuni’ — hearing; śrī-rūpa-gosāñi — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; sei śloka-artha — the meaning of that verse; lañā — taking; śloka karilā — composed another verse; tathāi — on the spot.

", "translation": "

When Rūpa Gosvāmī heard a verse uttered by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu during the ceremony, he immediately composed another verse dealing with the same subject.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.74", "bengali": "

পূর্বে সেই সব কথা করিয়াছি বর্ণন ।
তথাপি কহিয়ে কিছু সংক্ষেপে কথন ॥ ৭৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

pūrve sei saba kathā kariyāchi varṇana
tathāpi kahiye kichu saṅkṣepe kathana

", "synonyms": "

pūrve — previously; sei — these; saba — all; kathā — words; kariyāchi varṇana — I have described; tathāpi — still; kahiye — let me say; kichu — something; saṅkṣepe — in brief; kathana — telling.

", "translation": "

I have already described all these incidents, but I still wish to add briefly something more.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.75", "bengali": "

সামান্য এক শ্লোক প্রভু পড়েন কীর্তনে ।
কেনে শ্লোক পড়ে — ইহা কেহ নাহি জানে ॥ ৭৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sāmānya eka śloka prabhu paḍena kīrtane
kene śloka paḍe — ihā keha nāhi jāne

", "synonyms": "

sāmānya — generally; eka — one; śloka — verse; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; paḍena — recites; kīrtane — while chanting; kene — why; śloka — that verse; paḍe — He recites; ihā — this; keha nāhi jāne — no one knows.

", "translation": "

Generally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited a verse while dancing and chanting before the ratha, but no one knew why He was reciting that particular verse.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.76", "bengali": "

সবে একা স্বরূপ গোসাঞি শ্লোকের অর্থ জানে ।
শ্লোকানুরূপ পদ প্রভুকে করান আস্বাদনে ॥ ৭৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sabe ekā svarūpa gosāñi ślokera artha jāne
ślokānurūpa pada prabhuke karāna āsvādane

", "synonyms": "

sabe — only; ekā — one; svarūpa gosāñi — Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; ślokera artha — the meaning of that verse; jāne — knows; śloka-anurūpa pada — other verses following that particular verse; prabhuke — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; karāna — causes; āsvādane — tasting.

", "translation": "

Only Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī knew the purpose for which the Lord recited that verse. According to the Lord’s attitude, he used to quote other verses to enable the Lord to relish mellows.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.77", "bengali": "

রূপ-গোসাঞি প্রভুর জানিয়া অভিপ্রায় ।
সেই অর্থে শ্লোক কৈলা প্রভুরে যে ভায় ॥ ৭৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rūpa-gosāñi prabhura jāniyā abhiprāya
sei arthe śloka kailā prabhure ye bhāya

", "synonyms": "

rūpa-gosāñi — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; jāniyā — knowing; abhiprāya — the intention; sei arthe — in that meaning; śloka — a verse; kailā — composed; prabhure — to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ye — which; bhāya — appealed.

", "translation": "

Rūpa Gosvāmī, however, could understand the intention of the Lord, and thus he composed another verse that appealed to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.78", "bengali": "

যঃ কৌমারহরঃ স এব হি বরস্তা এব চৈত্রক্ষপা- স্তে চোন্মীলিতমালতীসুরভয়ঃ প্রৌঢ়াঃ কদম্বানিলাঃ ।
সা চৈবাস্মি তথাপি তত্র সুরতব্যাপারলীলাবিধৌ রেবারোধসি বেতসীতরুতলে চেতঃ সমুৎকণ্ঠতে ॥ ৭৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ sa eva hi varas tā eva caitra-kṣapās
te conmīlita-mālatī-surabhayaḥ prauḍhāḥ kadambānilāḥ
sā caivāsmi tathāpi tatra surata-vyāpāra-līlā-vidhau
revā-rodhasi vetasī-taru-tale cetaḥ samutkaṇṭhate

", "synonyms": "

yaḥ — that same person who; kaumāra-haraḥ — the thief of my heart during youth; saḥ — he; eva hi — certainly; varaḥ — lover; tāḥ — these; eva — certainly; caitra-kṣapāḥ — moonlit nights of the month of Caitra; te — those; ca — and; unmīlita — fructified; mālatī — of mālatī flowers; surabhayaḥ — fragrances; prauḍhāḥ — full; kadamba — with the fragrance of the kadamba flower; anilāḥ — the breezes; sā — that one; ca — also; eva — certainly; asmi — I am; tathā api — still; tatra — there; surata-vyāpāra — in intimate transactions; līlā — of pastimes; vidhau — in the manner; revā — of the river named Revā; rodhasi — on the bank; vetasī — of the name Vetasī; taru-tale — underneath the tree; cetaḥ — my mind; samutkaṇṭhate — is very eager to go.

", "translation": "

“That very personality who stole my heart during my youth is now again my master. These are the same moonlit nights of the month of Caitra. The same fragrance of mālatī flowers is there, and the same sweet breezes are blowing from the kadamba forest. In our intimate relationship, I am also the same lover, yet still my mind is not happy here. I am eager to go back to that place on the bank of the Revā under the Vetasī tree. That is my desire.”

", "purport": "

This is the verse recited by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.79", "bengali": "

প্রিয়ঃ সোঽয়ং কৃষ্ণঃ সহচরি কুরুক্ষেত্রমিলিত- স্তথাহং সা রাধা তদিদমুভয়োঃ সঙ্গমসুখম্ ।
তথাপ্যন্তঃখেলন্মধুরমুরলীপঞ্চমজুষে মনো মে কালিন্দীপুলিনবিপিনায় স্পৃহয়তি ॥ ৭৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ saha-cari kuru-kṣetra-militas
tathāhaṁ sā rādhā tad idam ubhayoḥ saṅgama-sukham
tathāpy antaḥ-khelan-madhura-muralī-pañcama-juṣe
mano me kālindī-pulina-vipināya spṛhayati

", "synonyms": "

priyaḥ — very dear; saḥ — He; ayam — this; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; saha-cari — O My dear friend; kuru-kṣetra-militaḥ — who is met on the field of Kurukṣetra; tathā — also; aham — I; sā — that; rādhā — Rādhārāṇī; tat — that; idam — this; ubhayoḥ — of both of Us; saṅgama-sukham — the happiness of meeting; tathā api — still; antaḥ — within; khelan — playing; madhura — sweet; muralī — of the flute; pañcama — the fifth note; juṣe — which delights in; manaḥ — the mind; me — My; kālindī — of the river Yamunā; pulina — on the bank; vipināya — the trees; spṛhayati — desires.

", "translation": "

“My dear friend, now I have met My very old and dear friend Kṛṣṇa on this field of Kurukṣetra. I am the same Rādhārāṇī, and now We are meeting together. It is very pleasant, but I would still like to go to the bank of the Yamunā beneath the trees of the forest there. I wish to hear the vibration of His sweet flute playing the fifth note within that forest of Vṛndāvana.”

", "purport": "

This is the verse composed by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. It is included in the Padyāvalī (386), an anthology of verses he compiled.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.80", "bengali": "

তালপত্রে শ্লোক লিখি’ চালেতে রাখিলা ।
সমুদ্রস্নান করিবারে রূপ-গোসাঞি গেলা ॥ ৮০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

tāla-patre śloka likhi’ cālete rākhilā
samudra-snāna karibāre rūpa-gosāñi gelā

", "synonyms": "

tāla-patre — on a palm leaf; śloka — the verse; likhi’ — writing; cālete — in the thatched roof; rākhilā — kept it; samudra-snāna — bath in the sea; karibāre — for taking; rūpa-gosāñi — Rūpa Gosvāmī; gelā — departed.

", "translation": "

After writing this verse on a palm leaf, Rūpa Gosvāmī put it somewhere in his thatched roof and went to bathe in the sea.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.81", "bengali": "

হেনকালে প্রভু আইলা তাঁহারে মিলিতে ।
চালে শ্লোক দেখি প্রভু লাগিলা পড়িতে ॥ ৮১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

hena-kāle prabhu āilā tāṅhāre milite
cāle śloka dekhi prabhu lāgilā paḍite

", "synonyms": "

hena-kāle — at that time; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; āilā — came there; tāṅhāre milite — to meet him; cāle — in the thatched roof; śloka — verse; dekhi — seeing; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; lāgilā — began; paḍite — to read.

", "translation": "

At that time, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went there to meet him, and when He saw the leaf pushed into the roof and saw the verse, He began to read it.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.82", "bengali": "

শ্লোক পড়ি’ প্রভু সুখে প্রেমাবিষ্ট হৈলা ।
হেনকালে রূপ-গোসাঞি স্নান করি’ আইলা ॥ ৮২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śloka paḍi’ prabhu sukhe premāviṣṭa hailā
hena-kāle rūpa-gosāñi snāna kari’ āilā

", "synonyms": "

śloka paḍi’ — reading this verse; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; sukhe — in great happiness; prema-āviṣṭa hailā — became overwhelmed by ecstatic love; hena-kāle — at that time; rūpa-gosāñi — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; snāna kari’ — after taking his bath; āilā — came back.

", "translation": "

After reading the verse, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was overwhelmed by ecstatic love. At that very time, Rūpa Gosvāmī returned, having finished bathing in the sea.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.83", "bengali": "

প্রভু দেখি’ দণ্ডবৎ প্রাঙ্গণে পড়িলা ।
প্রভু তাঁরে চাপড় মারি’ কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৮৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prabhu dekhi’ daṇḍavat prāṅgaṇe paḍilā
prabhu tāṅre cāpaḍa māri’ kahite lāgilā

", "synonyms": "

prabhu dekhi’ — after seeing the Lord there; daṇḍavat — obeisances; prāṅgaṇe — in the courtyard; paḍilā — fell down; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; tāṅre — to Rūpa Gosvāmī; cāpaḍa māri’ — giving a mild slap; kahite lāgilā — began to speak.

", "translation": "

Seeing the Lord, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī fell flat in the courtyard to offer obeisances. The Lord slapped him mildly in love and spoke as follows.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.84", "bengali": "

‘গূঢ় মোর হৃদয় তুঞি জানিলা কেমনে ?’ এত কহি’ রূপে কৈলা দৃঢ় আলিঙ্গনে ॥ ৮৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

‘gūḍha mora hṛdaya tuñi jānilā kemane?’
eta kahi’ rūpe kailā dṛḍha āliṅgane

", "synonyms": "

gūḍha — very confidential; mora — My; hṛdaya — heart; tuñi — you; jānilā — knew; kemane — how; eta kahi’ — saying this; rūpe — to Rūpa Gosvāmī; kailā — did; dṛḍha āliṅgane — firm embracing.

", "translation": "

“My heart is very confidential. How did you know My mind in this way?” After saying this, He firmly embraced Rūpa Gosvāmī.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.85", "bengali": "

সেই শ্লোক লঞা প্রভু স্বরূপে দেখাইলা ।
স্বরূপের পরীক্ষা লাগি’ তাঁহারে পুছিলা ॥ ৮৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sei śloka lañā prabhu svarūpe dekhāilā
svarūpera parīkṣā lāgi’ tāṅhāre puchilā

", "synonyms": "

sei śloka — that verse; lañā — taking; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; svarūpe dekhāilā — showed to Svarūpa Dāmodara; svarūpera — of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi; parīkṣā lāgi’ — for the examination; tāṅhāre puchilā — He inquired from him.

", "translation": "

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took that verse and showed it to Svarūpa Dāmodara for him to examine. Then the Lord questioned him.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.86", "bengali": "

‘মোর অন্তর-বার্তা রূপ জানিল কেমনে ?’ স্বরূপ কহে — “জানি, কৃপা করিয়াছ আপনে ॥ ৮৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

‘mora antara-vārtā rūpa jānila kemane?’
svarūpa kahe — “jāni, kṛpā kariyācha āpane

", "synonyms": "

mora antara-vārtā — My internal intentions; rūpa — Rūpa Gosvāmī; jānila — knew; kemane — how; svarūpa kahe — Svarūpa replied; jāni — I can understand; kṛpā kariyācha — You have bestowed Your mercy; āpane — personally.

", "translation": "

“How could Rūpa Gosvāmī have understood My heart?” the Lord asked.”

", "purport": "

Svarūpa Dāmodara replied, “I can understand that You have already bestowed Your causeless mercy upon him.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.87", "bengali": "

অন্যথা এ অর্থ কার নাহি হয় জ্ঞান ।
তুমি পূর্বে কৃপা কৈলা, করি অনুমান ।।” ৮৭ ॥ ৮৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

anyathā e artha kāra nāhi haya jñāna
tumi pūrve kṛpā kailā, kari anumāna”

", "synonyms": "

anyathā — otherwise; e artha — this confidential meaning; kāra — of anyone; nāhi — not; haya — is; jñāna — the knowledge; tumi — You; pūrve — before this; kṛpā kailā — bestowed mercy; kari anumāna — I can conjecture.

", "translation": "

“No one could otherwise understand this meaning. I can therefore guess that previously You bestowed upon him Your causeless mercy.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.88", "bengali": "

প্রভু কহে, — “ইঁহো আমায় প্রয়াগে মিলিল ।
যোগ্যপাত্র জানি ইঁহায় মোর কৃপা ত’ হইল ॥ ৮৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prabhu kahe, — “iṅho āmāya prayāge milila
yogya-pātra jāni iṅhāya mora kṛpā ta’ ha-ila

", "synonyms": "

prabhu kahe — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replies; iṅho — Rūpa Gosvāmī; āmāya — with Me; prayāge — at Prayāga; milila — met; yogya-pātra jāni — knowing him to be a suitable person; iṅhāya — unto him; mora — My; kṛpā ta’ ha-ila — there was mercy.

", "translation": "

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “Rūpa Gosvāmī met Me at Prayāga. Knowing him to be a suitable person, I naturally bestowed My mercy upon him.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.89", "bengali": "

তবে শক্তি সঞ্চারি’ আমি কৈলুঁ উপদেশ ।
তুমিহ কহিও ইহাঁয় রসের বিশেষ ।।” ৮৯ ।। ॥ ৮৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

tabe śakti sañcāri’ āmi kailuṅ upadeśa
tumiha kahio ihāṅya rasera viśeṣa”

", "synonyms": "

tabe — thereupon; śakti sañcāri’ — empowering him with My transcendental potency; āmi — I; kailuṅ upadeśa — gave instruction; tumiha — you also; kahio — inform; ihāṅya — unto him; rasera viśeṣa — particular information about transcendental mellows.

", "translation": "

“I thereupon also bestowed upon him My transcendental potency. Now you also should give him instructions. In particular, instruct him in transcendental mellows.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.90", "bengali": "

স্বরূপ কহে — “যাতে এই শ্লোক দেখিলুঁ ।
তুমি করিয়াছ কৃপা, তবঁহি জানিলু ॥ ৯০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

svarūpa kahe — “yāte ei śloka dekhiluṅ
tumi kariyācha kṛpā, tabaṅhi jānilu

", "synonyms": "

svarūpa kahe — Svarūpa Dāmodara says; yāte — since; ei śloka — this verse; dekhiluṅ — I have seen; tumi — You; kariyācha kṛpā — have bestowed Your mercy; tabaṅhi — immediately; jānilu — I could understand.

", "translation": "

Svarūpa Dāmodara said, “As soon as I saw the unique composition of this verse, I could immediately understand that You had bestowed upon him Your special mercy.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.91", "bengali": "

“ফলেন ফলকারণমনুমীয়তে ॥ ৯১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

phalena phala-kāraṇam anumīyate

", "synonyms": "

phalena — by the result; phala-kāraṇam — the origin of the result; anumīyate — one can guess.

", "translation": "

“By seeing a result, one can understand the cause of that result.”

", "purport": "

This verse is from the doctrines of Nyāya, or logic.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.92", "bengali": "

“স্বর্গাপগা-হেমমৃণালিনীনাং নানা-মৃণালাগ্রভুজো ভজামঃ ।
অন্নানুরূপাং তনুরূপঋদ্ধিং কার্যং নিদানাদ্ধি গুণানধীতে ।।” ৯২ ।। ॥ ৯২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

svargāpagā-hema-mṛṇālinīnāṁ
nānā-mṛṇālāgra-bhujo bhajāmaḥ
annānurūpāṁ tanu-rūpa-ṛddhiṁ
kāryaṁ nidānād dhi guṇān adhīte

", "synonyms": "

svarga-apagā — of the Ganges water flowing in the heavenly planets; hema — golden; mṛṇālinīnām — of the lotus flowers; nānā — various; mṛṇāla-agra-bhujaḥ — those who eat the tops of the stems; bhajāmaḥ — we get; anna-anurūpām — according to the food; tanu-rūpa-ṛddhim — an abundance of bodily beauty; kāryam — the effect; nidānāt — from the cause; hi — certainly; guṇān — qualities; adhīte — one obtains.

", "translation": "

“The river Ganges flowing in the heavenly planets is full of golden lotus flowers, and we, the residents of those planets, eat the stems of the flowers. Thus we are very beautiful, more so than the inhabitants of any other planet. This is due to the law of cause and effect, for if one eats food in the mode of goodness, the mode of goodness increases the beauty of his body.’ ”

", "purport": "

One’s bodily luster and beauty, one’s constitution, one’s activities and one’s qualities all depend on the law of cause and effect. There are three qualities in material nature, and as stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (13.22), kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu: one takes birth in a good or bad family according to his previous association with the qualities of material nature. Therefore one seriously eager to achieve transcendental perfection, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, must eat kṛṣṇa-prasādam. Such food is sāttvika, or in the material quality of goodness, but when offered to Kṛṣṇa it becomes transcendental. Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement distributes kṛṣṇa-prasādam, and those who eat such transcendental food are sure to become devotees of the Lord. This is a very scientific method, as stated in this verse from Nala-naiṣadha (3.17): kāryaṁ nidānād dhi guṇān adhīte. If in all his activities a person strictly adheres to the mode of goodness, he will certainly develop his dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness and ultimately become a pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Unfortunately, at the present moment the bodily constitutions of the leaders of society, especially the governmental leaders, are polluted. As described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.1.40):

asaṁskṛtāḥ kriyā-hīnā rajasā tamasāvrtāḥ
prajās te bhakṣayiṣyanti mlecchā rājany-arūpiṇaḥ

Such leaders have no chance to purify their eating. Politicians meet together and exchange good wishes by drinking liquor, which is so polluted and sinful that naturally drunkards and meat-eaters develop a degraded mentality in the mode of ignorance. The processes of eating in different modes are explained in the Bhagavad-gītā, wherein it is stated that those who eat rice, wheat, vegetables, milk products, fruit and sugar are situated in the elevated quality of goodness. Therefore if we want a happy and tranquil political situation, we must select leaders who eat kṛṣṇa-prasādam. Otherwise the leaders will eat meat and drink wine, and thus they will be asaṁskṛtāḥ, unreformed, and kriyā-hīnāḥ, devoid of spiritual behavior. In other words, they will be mlecchas and yavanas, or men who are unclean in their habits. Through taxation, such men exploit the citizens as much as possible, and in this way they devour the citizens of the state instead of benefiting them. We therefore cannot expect a government to be efficient if it is headed by such unclean mlecchas and yavanas.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.93", "bengali": "

চাতুর্মাস্য রহি’ গৌড়ে বৈষ্ণব চলিলা ।
রূপ-গোসাঞি মহাপ্রভুর চরণে রহিলা ॥ ৯৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

cāturmāsya rahi’ gauḍe vaiṣṇava calilā
rūpa-gosāñi mahāprabhura caraṇe rahilā

", "synonyms": "

cāturmāsya rahi’ — remaining four months for Cāturmāsya; gauḍe — to Bengal; vaiṣṇava — all the devotees; calilā — returned; rūpa-gosāñi — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; mahāprabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; caraṇe — at the shelter of His lotus feet; rahilā — remained.

", "translation": "

After the four months of Cāturmāsya [Śrāvaṇa, Bhādra, Āśvina and Kārttika], all the Vaiṣṇavas of Bengal returned to their homes, but Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī remained in Jagannātha Purī under the shelter of the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.94", "bengali": "

একদিন রূপ করেন নাটক লিখন ।
আচম্বিতে মহাপ্রভুর হৈল আগমন ॥ ৯৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

eka-dina rūpa karena nāṭaka likhana
ācambite mahāprabhura haila āgamana

", "synonyms": "

eka-dina — one day; rūpa — Rūpa Gosvāmī; karena — does; nāṭaka — drama; likhana — writing; ācambite — all of a sudden; mahāprabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; haila — there was; āgamana — the coming.

", "translation": "

One day while Rūpa Gosvāmī was writing his book, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu suddenly appeared.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.95", "bengali": "

সম্ভ্রমে দুঁহে উঠি’ দণ্ডবৎ হৈলা ।
দুঁহে আলিঙ্গিয়া প্রভু আসনে বসিলা ॥ ৯৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sambhrame duṅhe uṭhi’ daṇḍavat hailā
duṅhe āliṅgiyā prabhu āsane vasilā

", "synonyms": "

sambhrame — with great respect; duṅhe — Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Rūpa Gosvāmī; uṭhi’ — standing up; daṇḍavat hailā — fell down to offer obeisances; duṅhe — the two of them; āliṅgiyā — embracing; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; āsane vasilā — sat down on a seat.

", "translation": "

As soon as Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Rūpa Gosvāmī saw the Lord coming, they both stood up and then fell down to offer Him their respectful obeisances. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced them both and then sat down.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.96", "bengali": "

‘ক্যা পুঁথি লিখ?’ বলি’ একপত্র নিলা ।
অক্ষর দেখিয়া প্রভু মনে সুখী হৈলা ॥ ৯৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

‘kyā puṅthi likha?’ bali’ eka-patra nilā
akṣara dekhiyā prabhu mane sukhī hailā

", "synonyms": "

kyā — what; puṅthi — book; likha — you are writing; bali’ — saying this; eka-patra nilā — took one page written on a palm leaf; akṣara — the good handwriting; dekhiyā — seeing; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; mane — in the mind; sukhī hailā — became very happy.

", "translation": "

The Lord inquired, “What kind of book are you writing?” He held up a palm leaf that was a page of the manuscript, and when He saw the fine handwriting, His mind was very pleased.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.97", "bengali": "

শ্রীরূপের অক্ষর — যেন মুকুতার পাঁতি ।
প্রীত হঞা করেন প্রভু অক্ষরের স্তুতি ॥ ৯৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śrī-rūpera akṣara — yena mukutāra pāṅti
prīta hañā karena prabhu akṣarera stuti

", "synonyms": "

śrī-rūpera akṣara — the handwriting of Rūpa Gosvāmī; yena — like; mukutāra pāṅti — a row of pearls; prīta hañā — being pleased; karena — does; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; akṣarera stuti — praise of the handwriting of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

", "translation": "

Thus being pleased, the Lord praised the writing by saying, “The handwriting of Rūpa Gosvāmī is just like rows of pearls.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.98", "bengali": "

সেই পত্রে প্রভু এক শ্লোক যে দেখিলা ।
পড়িতেই শ্লোক, প্রেমে আবিষ্ট হইলা ॥ ৯৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sei patre prabhu eka śloka ye dekhilā
paḍitei śloka, preme āviṣṭa ha-ilā

", "synonyms": "

sei patre — on that palm leaf; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; eka śloka — one verse; ye — which; dekhilā — He saw; paḍitei — by reading; śloka — the verse; preme — ecstatic love; āviṣṭa ha-ilā — was overwhelmed.

", "translation": "

While reading the manuscript, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw a verse on that page, and as soon as He read it He was overwhelmed by ecstatic love.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.99", "bengali": "

তুণ্ডে তাণ্ডবিনী রতিং বিতনুতে তুণ্ডাবলীলব্ধয়ে কর্ণক্রোড়কড়ম্বিনী ঘটয়তে কর্ণার্বুদেভ্যঃ স্পৃহাম্ ।
চেতঃপ্রাঙ্গণসঙ্গিনী বিজয়তে সর্বেন্দ্রিয়াণাং কৃতিং নো জানে জনিতা কিয়দ্ভিরমৃতৈঃ কৃষ্ণেতি বর্ণদ্বয়ী ॥ ৯৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

tuṇḍe tāṇḍavinī ratiṁ vitanute tuṇḍāvalī-labdhaye
karṇa-kroḍa-kaḍambinī ghaṭayate karṇārbudebhyaḥ spṛhām
cetaḥ-prāṅgaṇa-saṅginī vijayate sarvendriyāṇāṁ kṛtiṁ
no jāne janitā kiyadbhir amṛtaiḥ kṛṣṇeti varṇa-dvayī

", "synonyms": "

tuṇḍe — in the mouth; tāṇḍavinī — dancing; ratim — the inspiration; vitanute — expands; tuṇḍa-āvalī-labdhaye — to achieve many mouths; karṇa — of the ear; kroḍa — in the hole; kaḍambinī — sprouting; ghaṭayate — causes to appear; karṇa-arbudebhyaḥ spṛhām — the desire for millions of ears; cetaḥ-prāṅgaṇa — in the courtyard of the heart; saṅginī — being a companion; vijayate — conquers; sarva-indriyāṇām — of all the senses; kṛtim — the activity; na u — not; jāne — I know; janitā — produced; kiyadbhiḥ — of what measure; amṛtaiḥ — by nectar; kṛṣṇa — the name of Kṛṣṇa; iti — thus; varṇa-dvayī — the two syllables.

", "translation": "

“I do not know how much nectar the two syllables ‘Kṛṣ-ṇa’ have produced. When the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is chanted, it appears to dance within the mouth. We then desire many, many mouths. When that name enters the holes of the ears, we desire many millions of ears. And when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind, and therefore all the senses become inert.”

", "purport": "

This verse is included in the Vidagdha-mādhava (1.15), a seven-act play written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī describing the pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.100", "bengali": "

শ্লোক শুনি’ হরিদাস হইলা উল্লাসী ।
নাচিতে লাগিলা শ্লোকের অর্থ প্রশংসি’ ॥ ১০০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śloka śuni haridāsa ha-ilā ullāsī
nācite lāgilā ślokera artha praśaṁsi’

", "synonyms": "

śloka śuni’ — hearing this verse; haridāsa — Haridāsa Ṭhākura; ha-ilā ullāsī — became very jubilant; nācite lāgilā — he began to dance; ślokera — of the verse; artha praśaṁsi’ — praising the meaning.

", "translation": "

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chanted this verse, Haridāsa Ṭhākura, upon hearing the vibration, became jubilant and began to dance while praising its meaning.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.101", "bengali": "

কৃষ্ণনামের মহিমা শাস্ত্র-সাধু-মুখে জানি ।
নামের মাধুরী ঐছে কাহাঁ নাহি শুনি ॥ ১০১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

kṛṣṇa-nāmera mahimā śāstra-sādhu-mukhe jāni
nāmera mādhurī aiche kāhāṅ nāhi śuni

", "synonyms": "

kṛṣṇa-nāmera mahimā — the glories of the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa; śāstra — of the revealed scriptures; sādhu — of the devotees; mukhe — in the mouth; jāni — we can understand; nāmera mādhurī — the sweetness of the holy name; aiche — in that way; kāhāṅ — anywhere else; nāhi śuni — we do not hear.

", "translation": "

One has to learn about the beauty and transcendental position of the holy name of the Lord by hearing the revealed scriptures from the mouths of devotees. Nowhere else can we hear of the sweetness of the Lord’s holy name.

", "purport": "

It is said in the Padma Purāṇa, ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ. Chanting and hearing of the transcendental holy name of the Lord cannot be performed by the ordinary senses. The transcendental vibration of the Lord’s holy name is completely spiritual. Thus it must be received from spiritual sources and must be chanted after having been heard from a spiritual master. One who hears the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra must receive it from the spiritual master by aural reception. Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī has forbidden us to hear the holy name of Kṛṣṇa chanted by non-Vaiṣṇavas, such as professional actors and singers, for it will have no effect. It is like milk touched by the lips of a serpent, as stated in the Padma Purāṇa:

avaiṣṇava-mukhodgīrṇaṁ pūtaṁ hari-kathāmṛtam
śravaṇaṁ naiva kartavyaṁ sarpocchiṣṭaṁ yathā payaḥ

As far as possible, therefore, the devotees in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement gather to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa in public so that both the chanters and the listeners may benefit.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.102", "bengali": "

তবে মহাপ্রভু দুঁহে করি’ আলিঙ্গন ।
মধ্যাহ্ন করিতে সমুদ্রে করিলা গমন ॥ ১০২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

tabe mahāprabhu duṅhe kari’ āliṅgana
madhyāhna karite samudre karilā gamana

", "synonyms": "

tabe — then; mahāprabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; duṅhe — unto both Rūpa Gosvāmī and Haridāsa Ṭhākura; kari’ — doing; āliṅgana — embracing; madhya-ahna karite — to perform His noontime duties; samudre — to the seaside; karilā gamana — went.

", "translation": "

Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced Haridāsa and Rūpa Gosvāmī and left for the seaside to perform His noontime duties.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.103-104", "bengali": "

সবে মিলি’ চলি আইলা শ্রীরূপে মিলিতে ।
পথে তাঁর গুণ সবারে লাগিলা কহিতে ॥ ১০৪ ॥

আর দিন মহাপ্রভু দেখি’ জগন্নাথ ।
সার্বভৌম-রামানন্দ-স্বরূপাদি-সাথ ॥ ১০৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

āra dina mahāprabhu dekhi’ jagannātha
sārvabhauma-rāmānanda-svarūpādi-sātha

sabe mili’ cali āilā śrī-rūpe milite
pathe tāṅra guṇa sabāre lāgilā kahite

", "synonyms": "

āra dina — the next day; mahāprabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; dekhi’ — seeing; jagannātha — Lord Jagannātha in the temple; sārvabhauma — Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya; rāmānanda — Rāmānanda Rāya; svarūpa-ādi — Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; sātha — along with; sabe mili’ — meeting all together; cali āilā — came there; śrī-rūpe milite — to meet Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; pathe — on the way; tāṅra — of Rūpa Gosvāmī; guṇa — all the good qualities; sabāre — unto all the personal associates; lāgilā kahite — began to speak.

", "translation": "

On the next day, after visiting the temple of Jagannātha as usual, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu met Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara. They all went together to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, and on the way the Lord greatly praised his qualities.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.105", "bengali": "

দুই শ্লোক কহি’ প্রভুর হৈল মহাসুখ ।
নিজ-ভক্তের গুণ কহে হঞা পঞ্চমুখ ॥ ১০৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

dui śloka kahi’ prabhura haila mahā-sukha
nija-bhaktera guṇa kahe hañā pañca-mukha

", "synonyms": "

dui śloka kahi’ — reciting two verses; prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; haila — there was; mahā-sukha — great pleasure; nija-bhaktera — of His own devotee; guṇa — the qualities; kahe — describes; hañā — as if becoming; pañca-mukha — five-mouthed.

", "translation": "

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited the two important verses, He felt great pleasure; thus, as if He had five mouths, He began to praise His devotee.

", "purport": "

The two verses referred to are those beginning with priyaḥ so ’yam (79) and tuṇḍe tāṇḍavinī (99).

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.106", "bengali": "

সার্বভৌম-রামানন্দে পরীক্ষা করিতে ।
শ্রীরূপের গুণ দুঁহারে লাগিলা কহিতে ॥ ১০৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sārvabhauma-rāmānande parīkṣā karite
śrī-rūpera guṇa duṅhāre lāgilā kahite

", "synonyms": "

sārvabhauma-rāmānande — Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Rāmānanda Rāya; parīkṣā karite — to examine; śrī-rūpera guṇa — the transcendental qualities of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; duṅhāre — unto both of them; lāgilā kahite — He began to praise.

", "translation": "

Just to examine Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Rāmānanda Rāya, the Lord began to praise the transcendental qualities of Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī before them.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.107", "bengali": "

‘ঈশ্বর-স্বভাব’ — ভক্তের না লয় অপরাধ ।
অল্পসেবা বহু মানে আত্মপর্যন্ত প্রসাদ ॥ ১০৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

‘īśvara-svabhāva’ — bhaktera nā laya aparādha
alpa-sevā bahu māne ātma-paryanta prasāda

", "synonyms": "

īśvara-svabhāva — the characteristic of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhaktera — of the pure devotee; nā laya — does not take; aparādha — any offense; alpa-sevā — very small service; bahu māne — the Lord accepts as very great; ātma-paryanta — giving Himself; prasāda — mercy.

", "translation": "

Characteristically, the Supreme Personality of Godhead does not take seriously an offense committed by a pure devotee. The Lord accepts whatever small service a devotee renders as being such a great service that He is prepared to give even Himself, what to speak of other benedictions.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.108", "bengali": "

ভৃত্যস্য পশ্যতি গুরূনপি নাপরাধান্ সেবাং মনাগপি কৃতাং বহুধাভ্যুপৈতি ।
আবিষ্করোতি পিশুনেষ্বপি নাভ্যসূয়াং শীলেন নির্মলমতিঃ পুরুষোত্তমোঽয়ম্ ॥ ১০৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

bhṛtyasya paśyati gurūn api nāparādhān
sevāṁ manāg api kṛtāṁ bahudhābhyupaiti
āviṣkaroti piśuneṣv api nābhyasūyāṁ
śīlena nirmala-matiḥ puruṣottamo ’yam

", "synonyms": "

bhṛtyasya — of the servant; paśyati — He sees; gurūn — very great; api — although; na — not; aparādhān — the offenses; sevām — service; manāk api — however small; kṛtām — performed; bahudhā — as great; abhyupaiti — accepts; āviṣkaroti — manifests; piśuneṣu — on the enemies; api — also; na — not; abhyasūyām — envy; śīlena — by gentle behavior; nirmala-matiḥ — naturally clean-minded; puruṣa-uttamaḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the best of all personalities; ayam — this.

", "translation": "

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as Puruṣottama, the greatest of all persons, has a pure mind. He is so gentle that even if His servant is implicated in a great offense, He does not take it very seriously. Indeed, if His servant renders some small service, the Lord accepts it as being very great. Even if an envious person blasphemes the Lord, the Lord never manifests anger against him. Such are His great qualities.”

", "purport": "

This verse is from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (2.1.138), by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.109", "bengali": "

ভক্তসঙ্গে প্রভু আইলা, দেখি’ দুই জন ।
দণ্ডবৎ হঞা কৈলা চরণ বন্দন ॥ ১০৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

bhakta-saṅge prabhu āilā, dekhi’ dui jana
daṇḍavat hañā kailā caraṇa vandana

", "synonyms": "

bhakta-saṅge — accompanied by other devotee associates; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; āilā — came; dekhi’ — seeing this; dui jana — Rūpa Gosvāmī and Haridāsa Ṭhākura; daṇḍavat hañā — falling flat like logs; kailā — did; caraṇa vandana — prayers to their lotus feet.

", "translation": "

When Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Rūpa Gosvāmī saw that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had come with His intimate devotees, they both immediately fell down like logs and offered prayers to their lotus feet.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.110", "bengali": "

ভক্তসঙ্গে কৈলা প্রভু দুঁহারে মিলন ।
পিণ্ডাতে বসিলা প্রভু লঞা ভক্তগণ ॥ ১১০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

bhakta-saṅge kailā prabhu duṅhāre milana
piṇḍāte vasilā prabhu lañā bhakta-gaṇa

", "synonyms": "

bhakta-saṅge — with His intimate associates; kailā — did; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; duṅhāre — the two (Rūpa Gosvāmī and Haridāsa Ṭhākura); milana — meeting; piṇḍāte — on a raised place; vasilā — sat down; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; lañā bhakta-gaṇa — with His personal devotees.

", "translation": "

Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His personal devotees met Rūpa Gosvāmī and Haridāsa Ṭhākura. The Lord then sat down in an elevated place with His devotees.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.111", "bengali": "

রূপ হরিদাস দুঁহে বসিলা পিণ্ডাতলে ।
সবার আগ্রহে না উঠিলা পিঁড়ার উপরে ॥ ১১১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rūpa haridāsa duṅhe vasilā piṇḍā-tale
sabāra āgrahe nā uṭhilā piṇḍāra upare

", "synonyms": "

rūpa haridāsa — Rūpa Gosvāmī and Haridāsa Ṭhākura; duṅhe — both of them; vasilā — sat down; piṇḍā-tale — at the foot of the raised place where Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was sitting; sabāra — of all of the devotees; āgrahe — the insistence; nā uṭhilā — did not rise; piṇḍāra upare — the top of the raised place where Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was sitting with His devotees.

", "translation": "

Rūpa Gosvāmī and Haridāsa Ṭhākura sat at the foot of the elevated place where Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was sitting. Although everyone asked them to sit on the same level as the Lord and His associates, they did not do so.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.112", "bengali": "

‘পূর্বশ্লোক পড়, রূপ’ প্রভু আজ্ঞা কৈলা ।
লজ্জাতে না পড়ে রূপ মৌন ধরিলা ॥ ১১২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

‘pūrva-śloka paḍa, rūpa,’ prabhu ājñā kailā
lajjāte nā paḍe rūpa mauna dharilā

", "synonyms": "

pūrva-śloka — the previous verse; paḍa — just read; rūpa — My dear Rūpa; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ājñā kailā — ordered; lajjāte — in great shyness; nā paḍe — did not read; rūpa — Rūpa Gosvāmī; mauna dharilā — remained silent.

", "translation": "

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Rūpa Gosvāmī to read the verse they had previously heard, Rūpa Gosvāmī, because of great shyness, did not read it but instead remained silent.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.113", "bengali": "

স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি তবে সেই শ্লোক পড়িল ।
শুনি’ সবাকার চিত্তে চমৎকার হৈল ॥ ১১৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

svarūpa-gosāñi tabe sei śloka paḍila
śuni’ sabākāra citte camatkāra haila

", "synonyms": "

svarūpa-gosāñi — Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi; tabe — then; sei — that; śloka paḍila — recited the verse; śuni’ — hearing this; sabākāra — of all of them; citte — in the minds; camatkāra haila — there was great wonder.

", "translation": "

Then Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī recited the verse, and when all the devotees heard it, their minds were struck with wonder.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.114", "bengali": "

প্রিয়ঃ সোঽয়ং কৃষ্ণঃ সহচরি কুরুক্ষেত্রমিলিত- স্তথাহং সা রাধা তদিদমুভয়োঃ সঙ্গমসুখম্ ।
তথাপ্যন্তঃখেলন্মধুরমুরলীপঞ্চমজুষে মনো মে কালিন্দীপুলিনবিপিনায় স্পৃহয়তি ॥ ১১৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

", "synonyms": "

priyaḥ — very dear; saḥ — He; ayam — this; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; saha-cari — O My dear friend; kuru-kṣetra-militaḥ — who is met on the field of Kurukṣetra; tathā — also; aham — I; sā — that; rādhā — Rādhārāṇī; tat — that; idam — this; ubhayoḥ — of both of Us; saṅgama-sukham — the happiness of meeting; tathā-api — still; antaḥ — within; khelan — playing; madhura — sweet; muralī — of the flute; pañcama — the fifth note; juṣe — which delights in; manaḥ — the mind; me — My; kālindī — of the river Yamunā; pulina — on the bank; vipināya — the trees; spṛhayati — desires.

", "translation": "

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.115", "bengali": "

রায়, ভট্টাচার্য বলে, — “তোমার প্রসাদ বিনে ।
তোমার হৃদয় এই জানিল কেমনে ॥ ১১৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya, bhaṭṭācārya bale, — “tomāra prasāda vine
tomāra hṛdaya ei jānila kemane

", "synonyms": "

rāya — Rāmānanda Rāya; bhaṭṭācārya — Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya; bale — say; tomāra prasāda vine — without Your special mercy; tomāra hṛdaya — Your mind; ei — this Rūpa Gosvāmī; jānila — understood; kemane — how.

", "translation": "

After hearing this verse, Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya said to Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Without Your special mercy, how could this Rūpa Gosvāmī have understood Your mind?”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.116", "bengali": "

আমাতে সঞ্চারি’ পূর্বে কহিলা সিদ্ধান্ত ।
যে সব সিদ্ধান্তে ব্রহ্মা নাহি পায় অন্ত ॥ ১১৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

āmāte sañcāri’ pūrve kahilā siddhānta
ye saba siddhānte brahmā nāhi pāya anta

", "synonyms": "

āmāte — within me; sañcāri’ — creating all logical truths; pūrve — previously; kahilā — You express; siddhānta — conclusive statements; ye — which; saba — all of; siddhānte — conclusive statements; brahmā — even Lord Brahmā; nāhi pāya anta — cannot understand the limit.

", "translation": "

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya said that previously Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had empowered his heart so that he could express elevated and conclusive statements to which even Lord Brahmā has no access.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.117", "bengali": "

তাতে জানি — পূর্বে তোমার পাঞাছে প্রসাদ ।
তাহা বিনা নহে তোমার হৃদয়ানুবাদ ।।” ১১৭ ।। ॥ ১১৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

tāte jāni — pūrve tomāra pāñāche prasāda
tāhā vinā nahe tomāra hṛdayānuvāda”

", "synonyms": "

tāte — in such instances; jāni — I can understand; pūrve — previously; tomāra — Your; pāñāche prasāda — he has obtained special mercy; tāhā vinā — without that; nahe — there is not; tomāra — Your; hṛdaya-anuvāda — expression of feelings.

", "translation": "

“Had You not previously bestowed Your mercy on him,” they said, “it would not have been possible for him to express Your internal feelings.”

", "purport": "

Devotees acknowledge Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s special mercy upon Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in the following words:

śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale
svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam

“When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet?”

The special function of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī is to establish the feelings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. These feelings are His desires that His special mercy be spread throughout the world in this Kali-yuga.

pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi-grāma
sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma

The desire of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is that all over the world everyone, in every village and every town, know of Him and His saṅkīrtana movement. These are the inner feelings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī committed to writing all these feelings of the Lord. Now again, by the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the same feelings are being spread all over the world by the servants of the Gosvāmīs, and devotees who are pure and simple will appreciate this attempt. As concluded by Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, however, those who are on the level of hogs and dogs will never appreciate such a great attempt. Yet this does not matter to the preachers of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s cult, for all over the world they will continue to perform this responsible work, even though persons who are like cats and dogs do not appreciate them.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.118", "bengali": "

প্রভু কহে, — “কহ রূপ, নাটকের শ্লোক ।
যে শ্লোক শুনিলে লোকের যায় দুঃখ-শোক ।।” ১১৮ ।। ॥ ১১৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prabhu kahe, — “kaha rūpa, nāṭakera śloka
ye śloka śunile lokera yāya duḥkha-śoka

", "synonyms": "

prabhu kahe — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said; kaha — please recite; rūpa — My dear Rūpa; nāṭakera śloka — the verse of your drama; ye — which; śloka — verse; śunile — hearing; lokera — of all people; yāya — go away; duḥkha-śoka — the unhappiness and lamentation.

", "translation": "

Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “My dear Rūpa, please recite that verse from your drama which, upon being heard, makes all people’s unhappiness and lamentation go away.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.119", "bengali": "

বার বার প্রভু যদি তারে আজ্ঞা দিল ।
তবে সেই শ্লোক রূপগোসাঞি কহিল ॥ ১১৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

bāra bāra prabhu yadi tāre ājñā dila
tabe sei śloka rūpa-gosāñi kahila

", "synonyms": "

bāra bāra — again and again; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; yadi — when; tāre — him; ājñā dila — ordered; tabe — at that time; sei śloka — that particular verse; rūpa-gosāñi — Rūpa Gosvāmī; kahila — recited.

", "translation": "

When the Lord persisted in asking this again and again, Rūpa Gosvāmī recited that verse [as follows].

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.120", "bengali": "

তুণ্ডে তাণ্ডবিনী রতিং বিতনুতে তুণ্ডাবলীলব্ধয়ে কর্ণক্রোড়কড়ম্বিনী ঘটয়তে কর্ণার্বুদেভ্যঃ স্পৃহাম্ ।
চেতঃপ্রাঙ্গণসঙ্গিনী বিজয়তে সর্বেন্দ্রিয়াণাং কৃতিং নো জানে জনিতা কিয়দ্ভিরমৃতৈঃ কৃষ্ণেতি বর্ণদ্বয়ী ॥ ১২০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

", "synonyms": "

", "translation": "

“I do not know how much nectar the two syllables “Kṛṣ-ṇa” have produced. When the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is chanted, it appears to dance within the mouth. We then desire many, many mouths. When that name enters the holes of the ears, we desire many millions of ears. And when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind, and therefore all the senses become inert.’ ”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.121", "bengali": "

যত ভক্তবৃন্দ আর রামানন্দ রায় ।
শ্লোক শুনি’ সবার হইল আনন্দ-বিস্ময় ॥ ১২১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

yata bhakta-vṛnda āra rāmānanda rāya
śloka śuni’ sabāra ha-ila ānanda-vismaya

", "synonyms": "

yata bhakta-vṛnda — all the personal devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; āra — and; rāmānanda rāya — Rāmānanda Rāya; śloka śuni’ — hearing this verse; sabāra — of everyone; ha-ila — there was; ānanda-vismaya — transcendental bliss and astonishment.

", "translation": "

When all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, especially Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya, heard this verse, they were all filled with transcendental bliss and were struck with wonder.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.122", "bengali": "

সবে বলে, — ‘নাম-মহিমা শুনিয়াছি অপার ।
এমন মাধুর্য কেহ নাহি বর্ণে আর ।।’ ১২২ ।। ॥ ১২২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sabe bale, — ‘nāma-mahimā śuniyāchi apāra
emana mādhurya keha nāhi varṇe āra’

", "synonyms": "

sabe bale — every one of them said; nāma-mahimā — the glories of chanting the holy name; śuniyāchi — we have heard; apāra — many times; emana — this kind of; mādhurya — sweetness; keha — someone; nāhi — not; varṇe — describes; āra — else.

", "translation": "

Everyone admitted that although they had heard many statements glorifying the holy name of the Lord, they had never heard such sweet descriptions as those of Rūpa Gosvāmī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.123", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “কোন্ গ্রন্থ কর হেন জানি ? যাহার ভিতরে এই সিদ্ধান্তের খনি ?” ১২৩ ।। ॥ ১২৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “kon grantha kara hena jāni?
yāhāra bhitare ei siddhāntera khani?”

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Rāmānanda Rāya inquired; kon — what; grantha — dramatic literature; kara — you are writing; hena — such; jāni — I can understand; yāhāra bhitare — within which; ei — these; siddhāntera khani — a mine of conclusive statements.

", "translation": "

Rāmānanda Rāya inquired, “What kind of drama are you writing? We can understand that it is a mine of conclusive statements.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.124", "bengali": "

স্বরূপ কহে, — “কৃষ্ণলীলার নাটক করিতে ।
ব্রজলীলা-পুরলীলা একত্র বর্ণিতে ॥ ১২৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

svarūpa kahe, — “kṛṣṇa-līlāra nāṭaka karite
vraja-līlā-pura-līlā ekatra varṇite

", "synonyms": "

svarūpa kahe — Svarūpa Dāmodara replied on behalf of Rūpa Gosvāmī; kṛṣṇa-līlāra — of the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa; nāṭaka karite — composing a drama; vraja-līlā-pura-līlā — His pastimes in Vṛndāvana and His pastimes in Mathurā and Dvārakā; ekatra — in one book; varṇite — to describe.

", "translation": "

Svarūpa Dāmodara replied for Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī: “He wanted to compose a drama about the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa. He planned to describe in one book both the pastimes of Vṛndāvana and those of Dvārakā and Mathurā.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.125", "bengali": "

আরম্ভিয়াছিলা, এবে প্রভু-আজ্ঞা পাঞা ।
দুই নাটক করিতেছে বিভাগ করিয়া ॥ ১২৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

ārambhiyāchilā, ebe prabhu-ājñā pāñā
dui nāṭaka kariteche vibhāga kariyā

", "synonyms": "

ārambhiyāchilā — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī began; ebe — now; prabhu-ājñā pāñā — getting the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; dui nāṭaka — two different dramas; kariteche — he is compiling; vibhāga kariyā — dividing the original idea.

", "translation": "

“He began it in that way, but now, following the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he has divided it in two and is writing two plays, one concerning the pastimes of Mathurā and Dvārakā and the other concerning the pastimes of Vṛndāvana.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.126", "bengali": "

বিদগ্ধমাধব আর ললিতমাধব ।
দুই নাটকে প্রেমরস অদভুত সব ।।” ১২৬ ।। ॥ ১২৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

vidagdha-mādhava āra lalita-mādhava
dui nāṭake prema-rasa adabhuta saba”

", "synonyms": "

vidagdha-mādhava — one is named Vidagdha-mādhava; āra — and; lalita-mādhava — named Lalita-mādhava; dui nāṭake — in two plays; prema-rasa — ecstatic mellows of emotional love for Kṛṣṇa; adabhuta — wonderful; saba — all.

", "translation": "

“The two plays are called Vidagdha-mādhava and Lalita-mādhava. Both of them wonderfully describe ecstatic emotional love of God.”

", "purport": "

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura informs us in this connection that Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī finished the drama known as Vidagdha-mādhava in the year Śakābda 1454 (A.D. 1532) and the Lalita-mādhava in Śakābda 1459 (A.D. 1537). The discussion between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī at Jagannātha Purī took place in Śakābda 1437 (A.D. 1515).

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.127", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “নান্দী-শ্লোক পড় দেখি, শুনি ?” শ্রীরূপ শ্লোক পড়ে প্রভু-আজ্ঞা মানি’ ॥ ১২৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “nāndī-śloka paḍa dekhi, śuni?”
śrī-rūpa śloka paḍe prabhu-ājñā māni’

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya says; nāndī-śloka paḍa — please recite the introductory verse; dekhi — so that I can see; śuni — so that I can hear; śrī-rūpa śloka paḍe — Rūpa Gosvāmī recites the verse; prabhu-ājñā māni’ — accepting the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

", "translation": "

Rāmānanda Rāya said, “Please recite the introductory verse of the Vidagdha-mādhava so that I can hear and examine it.” Thus Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, being ordered by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, recited the verse (1.1).

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.128", "bengali": "

সুধানাং চান্দ্রীণামপি মধুরিমোন্মাদ-দমনী দধানা রাধাদিপ্রণয়ঘনসারৈঃ সুরভিতাম্ ।
সমন্তাৎ সন্তাপোদ্গম-বিষমসংসার-সরণী- প্রণীতাং তে তৃষ্ণাং হরতু হরিলীলা-শিখরিণী ॥ ১২৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sudhānāṁ cāndrīṇām api madhurimonmāda-damanī
dadhānā rādhādi-praṇaya-ghana-sāraiḥ surabhitām
samantāt santāpodgama-viṣama-saṁsāra-saraṇī-
praṇītāṁ te tṛṣṇāṁ haratu hari-līlā-śikhariṇī

", "synonyms": "

sudhānām — of the nectar; cāndrīṇām — produced on the moon; api — even; madhurimā — the sweetness; unmāda-damanī — overpowering the pride; dadhānā — distributing; rādhā-ādi — of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Her companions; praṇaya-ghana — of the concentrated loving affairs; sāraiḥ — by the essence; surabhitām — a good fragrance; samantāt — everywhere; santāpa — miserable conditions; udgama — generating; viṣama — very dangerous; saṁsāra-saraṇī — on the path of material existence; praṇītām — created; te — your; tṛṣṇām — desires; haratu — let it take away; hari-līlā — the pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; śikhariṇī — exactly like a combination of yogurt and sugar candy.

", "translation": "

“May the pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa reduce the miseries existing in the material world and nullify all unwanted desires. The pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are like śikhariṇī, a blend of yogurt and sugar candy. They overpower the pride of even the nectar produced on the moon, for they distribute the sweet fragrance of the concentrated loving affairs of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the gopīs.’ ”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.129", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — ‘কহ ইষ্টদেবের বর্ণন’ ।
প্রভুর সঙ্কোচে রূপ না করে পঠন ॥ ১২৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — ‘kaha iṣṭa-devera varṇana’
prabhura saṅkoce rūpa nā kare paṭhana

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Rāmānanda Rāya says; kaha — now speak; iṣṭa-devera varṇana — description of your worshipable Deity; prabhura saṅkoce — embarrassment in the presence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; rūpa — Rūpa Gosvāmī; nā kare — does not do; paṭhana — recitation.

", "translation": "

Rāmānanda Rāya said, “Now please recite the description of the glories of your worshipable Deity.” Rūpa Gosvāmī, however, hesitated due to embarrassment because Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was present.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.130", "bengali": "

প্রভু কহে, — “কহ, কেনে কর সঙ্কোচ-লাজে ? গ্রন্থের ফল শুনাইবা বৈষ্ণব-সমাজে ?” ১৩০ ।। ॥ ১৩০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prabhu kahe, — “kaha, kene kara saṅkoca-lāje?
granthera phala śunāibā vaiṣṇava-samāje?”

", "synonyms": "

prabhu kahe — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says; kaha — speak up; kene — why; kara — you do; saṅkoca-lāje — in shame and embarrassment; granthera — of the book; phala — the fruit; śunāibā — you should make heard; vaiṣṇava-samāje — in the society of pure devotees.

", "translation": "

The Lord, however, encouraged Rūpa Gosvāmī, saying, “Why are you embarrassed? You should recite it so the devotees can hear the good fruit of your writing.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.131", "bengali": "

তবে রূপ-গোসাঞি যদি শ্লোক পড়িল ।
শুনি’ প্রভু কহে, — ‘এই অতি স্তুতি হৈল’ ॥ ১৩১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

tabe rūpa-gosāñi yadi śloka paḍila
śuni’ prabhu kahe, — ‘ei ati stuti haila’

", "synonyms": "

tabe — at that time; rūpa-gosāñi — Rūpa Gosvāmī; yadi — when; śloka paḍila — recited the verse; śuni’ — hearing this; prabhu kahe — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says; ei — this; ati stuti — exaggerated offering of prayers; haila — was.

", "translation": "

When Rūpa Gosvāmī thus recited his verse, Caitanya Mahāprabhu disapproved of it because it described His personal glories. He expressed the opinion that it was an exaggerated explanation.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.132", "bengali": "

অনর্পিতচরীং চিরাৎ করুণয়াবতীর্ণঃ কলৌ ।
সমর্পয়িতুমুন্নতোজ্জ্বলরসাং স্বভক্তিশ্রিয়ম্ ।
হরিঃ পুরটসুন্দরদ্যুতিকদম্বসন্দীপিতঃ সদা হৃদয়কন্দরে স্ফুরতু বঃ শচীনন্দনঃ ॥ ১৩২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam
hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ
sadā hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ

", "synonyms": "

anarpita — not bestowed; carīm — having been formerly; cirāt — for a long time; karuṇayā — by causeless mercy; avatīrṇaḥ — descended; kalau — in the Age of Kali; samarpayitum — to bestow; unnata — elevated; ujjvala-rasām — the conjugal mellow; sva-bhakti — of His own service; śriyam — the treasure; hariḥ — the Supreme Lord; puraṭa — than gold; sundara — more beautiful; dyuti — of splendor; kadamba — with a multitude; sandīpitaḥ — illuminated; sadā — always; hṛdaya-kandare — in the cavity of the heart; sphuratu — let Him be manifest; vaḥ — your; śacī-nandanaḥ — the son of mother Śacī.

", "translation": "

“May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Śrīmatī Śacīdevī be transcendentally situated in the innermost core of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has descended in the Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation has ever offered before: the most elevated mellow of devotional service, the mellow of conjugal love.’ ”

", "purport": "

This verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 1.2) also appears in the Ādi-līlā (1.4 and 3.4). In his commentary on the Vidagdha-mādhava, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks, mahā-prabhoḥ sphūrtiṁ vinā hari-līlā-rasāsvādanānupapatter iti bhāvaḥ: “Without the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, one cannot describe the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” Therefore Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī said, vo yuṣmākaṁ hṛdaya-rūpa-guhāyāṁ śacī-nandano hariḥ pakṣe siṁhaḥ sphuratu: “May Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is exactly like a lion that kills all the elephants of desire, be awakened within everyone’s heart, for by His merciful blessings one can understand the transcendental pastimes of Kṛṣṇa.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.133", "bengali": "

সব ভক্তগণ কহে শ্লোক শুনিয়া ।
কৃতার্থ করিলা সবায় শ্লোক শুনাঞা ॥ ১৩৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

saba bhakta-gaṇa kahe śloka śuniyā
kṛtārtha karilā sabāya śloka śunāñā

", "synonyms": "

saba bhakta-gaṇa — all the devotees present there; kahe — say; śloka śuniyā — hearing this verse; kṛta-artha karilā — you have obliged; sabāya — everyone; śloka śunāñā — by reciting this verse.

", "translation": "

All the devotees present so greatly appreciated this verse that they expressed their gratitude to Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī for his transcendental recitation.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.134", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “কোন্ আমুখে পাত্র-সন্নিধান ?” রূপ কহে, — “কালসাম্যে ‘প্রবর্তক’ নাম” ॥ ১৩৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “kon āmukhe pātra-sannidhāna?”
rūpa kahe, — “kāla-sāmye ‘pravartaka’ nāma”

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Rāmānanda Rāya says; kon — what; āmukhe — by introduction; pātra-sannidhāna — presence of the players; rūpa kahe — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī replies; kāla-sāmye — in agreement of time; pravartaka nāma — the introduction called pravartaka..

", "translation": "

Rāmānanda Rāya inquired, “How have you introduced the assembly of the players?”

", "purport": "

Rūpa Gosvāmī replied, “The players assemble at a suitable time under the heading of pravartaka.

In a drama all the actors are called pātra, or players. This is stated by Viśvanātha Kavirāja in the Sāhitya-darpaṇa (6.283):

divya-martye sa tad-rūpo miśram anyataras tayoḥ
sūcayed vastu-bījaṁ vā- mukhaṁ pātram athāpi vā

The meaning of āmukha is stated by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in the Nāṭaka-candrikā:

sūtra-dhāro naṭī brūte sva-kāryaṁ pratiyuktitaḥ
prastutākṣepi-citroktyā yat tad āmukham īritam

When Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya inquired about the arrangement for introducing the assembly of players in the drama, Rūpa Gosvāmī replied that when the players first enter the stage in response to the time, the introduction is technically called pravartaka. For an example, see verse 136 below. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura says that the introduction, which is technically called āmukha, may be of five different kinds, according to the Sāhitya-darpaṇa (6.288):

udghātyakaḥ kathodghātaḥ prayogātiśayas tathā
pravartakāvalagite pañca prastāvanā-bhidāḥ

“Introductions may be classified as follows: (1) udghātyaka, (2) kathodghāta, (3) prayogātiśaya, (4) pravartaka and (5) avalagita.” These five kinds of introduction are called āmukha. Thus Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya asked which of the five introductions had been employed, and Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī replied that he had used the introduction called the pravartaka.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.135", "bengali": "

আক্ষিপ্তঃ কালসাম্যেন প্রবেশঃ স্যাৎ প্রবর্তকঃ ॥ ১৩৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

ākṣiptaḥ kāla-sāmyena
praveśaḥ syāt pravartakaḥ

", "synonyms": "

ākṣiptaḥ — set in motion; kāla-sāmyena — by a suitable time; praveśaḥ — the entrance; syāt — should be; pravartakaḥ — named pravartaka..

", "translation": "

“When the entrance of the actors is set in motion by the arrival of a suitable time, the entrance is called pravartaka.”

", "purport": "

This verse is from the Nāṭaka-candrikā (12), by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.136", "bengali": "

সোঽয়ং বসন্তসময়ঃ সমিয়ায় যস্মিন্ পূর্ণং তমীশ্বরমুপোঢ়-নবানুরাগম্ ।
গূঢ়গ্রহা রুচিরয়া সহ রাধয়াসৌ রঙ্গায় সঙ্গময়িতা নিশি পৌর্ণমাসী ॥ ১৩৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

so ’yaṁ vasanta-samayaḥ samiyāya yasmin
pūrṇaṁ tam īśvaram upoḍha-navānurāgam
gūḍha-grahā rucirayā saha rādhayāsau
raṅgāya saṅgamayitā niśi paurṇamāsī

", "synonyms": "

saḥ — that; ayam — this; vasanta-samayaḥ — springtime; samiyāya — had arrived; yasmin — in which; pūrṇam — the complete; tam — Him; īśvaram — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; upoḍha — obtained; nava-anurāgam — new attachment; gūḍha-grahā — which covered the stars; rucirayā — very beautiful; saha — with; rādhayā — Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; asau — that full-moon night; raṅgāya — for increasing the beauty; saṅgamayitā — caused to meet; niśi — at night; paurṇamāsī — the full-moon night.

", "translation": "

“Springtime had arrived, and the full moon of that season inspired the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is complete in everything, with new attraction to meet the beautiful Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī at night to increase the beauty of Their pastimes.’ ”

", "purport": "

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura interprets this verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 1.10) in two ways, for Lord Kṛṣṇa and for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. When interpreted for Kṛṣṇa, the night is understood to have been a dark-moon night, and when interpreted for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, it is considered to have been a full-moon night.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.137", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “প্ররোচনাদি কহ দেখি, শুনি ?” রূপ কহে, — মহাপ্রভুর শ্রবণেচ্ছা জানি ॥ ১৩৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “prarocanādi kaha dekhi, śuni?”
rūpa kahe, — “mahāprabhura śravaṇecchā jāni”

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya says; prarocanādi kaha — please recite the prarocanā; dekhi — I shall see; śuni — and hear; rūpa kahe — Śrīla Rūpa Gosāñi replies; mahāprabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; śravaṇa-icchā — desire to hear; jāni — I think.

", "translation": "

Rāmānanda Rāya said, “Please recite the prarocanā portion so that I may hear and examine it.”

", "purport": "

Śrī Rūpa replied, “I think that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s desire to hear is prarocanā.

The method of inducing the audience to become more and more eager to hear by praising the time and place, the hero and the audience is called prarocanā. This is the statement regarding prarocanā in the Nāṭaka-candrikā:

deśa-kāla-kathā-vastu- sabhyādīnāṁ praśaṁsayā
śrotṝṇām unmukhī-kāraḥ kathiteyaṁ prarocanā

Similarly, the Sāhitya-darpaṇa (6.286) says:

tasyāḥ prarocanā vīthī tathā prahasanā-mukhe
aṅgānyatronmukhī-kāraḥ praśaṁsātaḥ prarocanā

Any literature presented in Sanskrit must follow the rules and regulations mentioned in the authoritative reference books. The technical inquiries by Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya and the replies of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī indicate that both of them were expert and fully conversant with the techniques of writing drama.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.138", "bengali": "

ভক্তানামুদগাদনর্গলধিয়াং বর্গো নিসর্গোজ্জ্বলঃ শীলৈঃ পল্লবিতঃ স বল্লববধূবন্ধোঃ প্রবন্ধোঽপ্যসৌ ।
লেভে চত্বরতাঞ্চ তাণ্ডববিধের্বৃন্দাটবীগর্ভভূ- র্মন্যে মদ্বিধপুণ্যমণ্ডলপরীপাকোঽয়মুন্মীলতি ॥ ১৩৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

bhaktānām udagād anargala-dhiyāṁ vargo nisargojjvalaḥ
śīlaiḥ pallavitaḥ sa ballava-vadhū-bandhoḥ prabandho ’py asau
lebhe catvaratāṁ ca tāṇḍava-vidher vṛndāṭavī-garbha-bhūr
manye mad-vidha-puṇya-maṇḍala-parīpāko ’yam unmīlati

", "synonyms": "

bhaktānām — of devotees; udagāt — has appeared; anargala-dhiyām — constantly thinking of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa; vargaḥ — the assembly; nisarga-ujjvalaḥ — naturally very advanced; śīlaiḥ — with natural poetic decorations; pallavitaḥ — spread like the leaves of a tree; saḥ — that; ballava-vadhū-bandhoḥ — of the friend of the gopīs, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; prabandhaḥ — a literary composition; api — even; asau — that; lebhe — has achieved; catvaratām — the quality of a quadrangular place with level ground; ca — and; tāṇḍava-vidheḥ — for dancing; vṛndā-aṭavī — of the forest of Vṛndāvana; garbha-bhūḥ — the inner grounds; manye — I consider; mat-vidha — of persons like me; puṇya-maṇḍala — of groups of pious activities; parīpākaḥ — the full development; ayam — this; unmīlati — appears.

", "translation": "

“The devotees now present are constantly thinking of the Supreme Lord and are therefore highly advanced. This work named Vidagdha-mādhava depicts the characteristic pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa with decorations of poetic ornaments. And the inner grounds of the forest of Vṛndāvana provide a suitable platform for the dancing of Kṛṣṇa with the gopīs. Therefore I think that the pious activities of persons like us, who have tried to advance in devotional service, have now attained maturity.”

", "purport": "

This is verse 8 of the first act of the Vidagdha-mādhava.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.139", "bengali": "

অভিব্যক্তা মত্তঃ প্রকৃতিলঘুরূপাদপি বুধা বিধাত্রী সিদ্ধার্থান্ হরিগুণময়ী বঃ কৃতিরিয়ম্ ।। পুলিন্দেনাপ্যগ্নিঃ কিমু সমিধমুন্মথ্য জনিতো হিরণ্যশ্রেণীনামপহরতি নান্তঃকলুষতাম্ ॥ ১৩৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

abhivyaktā mattaḥ prakṛti-laghu-rūpād api budhā
vidhātrī siddhārthān hari-guṇa-mayī vaḥ kṛtir iyam
pulindenāpy agniḥ kim u samidham unmathya janito
hiraṇya-śreṇīnām apaharati nāntaḥ-kaluṣatām

", "synonyms": "

abhivyaktā — manifested; mattaḥ — from me; prakṛti — by nature; laghu-rūpāt — situated in a lower position; api — although; budhāḥ — O learned devotees; vidhātrī — which may bring about; siddha-arthān — all the objects of perfection; hari-guṇa-mayī — whose subject matter is the attributes of Kṛṣṇa; vaḥ — of you; kṛtiḥ — the poetic play known as Vidagdha-mādhava; iyam — this; pulindena — by the lowest class of men; api — although; agniḥ — a fire; kim u — whether; samidham — the wood; unmathya — rubbing; janitaḥ — produced; hiraṇya — of gold; śreṇīnām — of quantities; apaharati — vanquishes; na — not; antaḥ — inner; kaluṣatām — dirty things.

", "translation": "

“O learned devotees, I am by nature ignorant and low, yet even though it is from me that the Vidagdha-mādhava has come, it is filled with descriptions of the transcendental attributes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, will not such a literature bring about the attainment of the highest goal of life? Although its wood may be ignited by a low-class man, fire can nevertheless purify gold. Similarly, although I am very low by nature, this book may help cleanse the dirt from within the hearts of the golden devotees.’ ”

", "purport": "

This verse is Vidagdha-mādhava 1.6.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.140", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “কহ দেখি প্রেমোৎপত্তি-কারণ ? পূর্বরাগ, বিকার, চেষ্টা, কামলিখন?” ॥ ১৪০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “kaha dekhi premotpatti-kāraṇa?
pūrva-rāga, vikāra, ceṣṭā, kāma-likhana?”

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya further inquires; kaha — please recite; dekhi — so that I may know; prema-utpatti-kāraṇa — the causes of awakening the loving propensity; pūrva-rāga — previous attachment; vikāra — transformation; ceṣṭā — endeavor; kāma-likhana — writing of letters disclosing the gopīs’ attachment for Kṛṣṇa.

", "translation": "

Then Rāmānanda Rāya inquired from Rūpa Gosvāmī about the causes of the loving affairs between Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs, such as previous attachment, transformations of love, endeavors for love, and exchanges of letters disclosing the gopīs’ awakening love for Kṛṣṇa.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.141", "bengali": "

ক্রমে শ্রীরূপ-গোসাঞি সকলি কহিল ।
শুনি’ প্রভুর ভক্তগণের চমৎকার হৈল ॥ ১৪১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

krame śrī-rūpa-gosāñi sakali kahila
śuni’ prabhura bhakta-gaṇera camatkāra haila

", "synonyms": "

krame — gradually; śrī-rūpa-gosāñi — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; sakali kahila — explained everything; śuni’ — hearing; prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; bhakta-gaṇera — of the devotees; camatkāra — astonishment; haila — there was.

", "translation": "

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī gradually informed Rāmānanda Rāya about everything he asked. Hearing his explanations, all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were struck with wonder.

", "purport": "

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has explained kāma-likhana in his book Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (Vipralambha-prakaraṇa 26):

sa lekhaḥ kāma-lekhaḥ syāt yaḥ sva-prema-prakāśakaḥ
yuvatyā yūni yūnā ca yuvatyāṁ samprahīyate

“Exchanges of letters between a young boy and young girl concerning their awakening of attachment for each other are called kāma-lekha.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.142", "bengali": "

একস্য শ্রুতমেব লুম্পতি মতিং কৃষ্ণেতি নামাক্ষরং সান্দ্রোন্মাদ-পরম্পরামুপনয়ত্যন্যস্য বংশীকলঃ ।
এষ স্নিগ্ধঘনদ্যুতির্মনসি মে লগ্নঃ পটে বীক্ষণাৎ কষ্টং ধিক্ পুরুষত্রয়ে রতিরভূন্মন্যে মৃতিঃ শ্রেয়সী ॥ ১৪২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

ekasya śrutam eva lumpati matiṁ kṛṣṇeti nāmākṣaraṁ
sāndronmāda-paramparām upanayaty anyasya vaṁśī-kalaḥ
eṣa snigdha-ghana-dyutir manasi me lagnaḥ paṭe vīkṣaṇāt
kaṣṭaṁ dhik puruṣa-traye ratir abhūn manye mṛtiḥ śreyasī

", "synonyms": "

ekasya — of one person; śrutam — heard; eva — certainly; lumpati — take away; matim — the mind; kṛṣṇa iti — Kṛṣṇa; nāma-akṣaram — the letters of the name; sāndra-unmāda — of intense madness; paramparām — a shower; upanayati — brings; anyasya — of another; vaṁśī-kalaḥ — the sound vibration of the flute; eṣaḥ — this third one; snigdha — giving love; ghana-dyutiḥ — lightninglike effulgence; manasi — in the mind; me — My; lagnaḥ — attachment; paṭe — in the picture; vīkṣaṇāt — by seeing; kaṣṭam dhik — oh, shame upon Me; puruṣa-traye — to three persons; ratiḥ — attachment; abhūt — has appeared; manye — I think; mṛtiḥ — death; śreyasī — better.

", "translation": "

“[Experiencing previous attachment to Kṛṣṇa (pūrva-rāga), Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī thought:] ‘Since I have heard the name of a person called Kṛṣṇa, I have practically lost My good sense. Then, there is another person who plays His flute in such a way that after I hear the vibration, intense madness arises in My heart. And again there is still another person to whom My mind becomes attached when I see His beautiful lightninglike effulgence in His picture. Therefore I think that I am greatly condemned, for I have become simultaneously attached to three persons. It would be better for Me to die because of this.’”

", "purport": "

This verse is Vidagdha-mādhava 2.9.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.143", "bengali": "

ইয়ং সখি সুদুঃসাধ্যা রাধা-হৃদয়বেদনা ।
কৃতা যত্র চিকিৎসাপি কুৎসায়াং পর্যবস্যতি ॥ ১৪৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

iyam sakhi su-duḥsādhyā
rādhā-hṛdaya-vedanā
kṛtā yatra cikitsāpi
kutsāyāṁ paryavasyati

", "synonyms": "

iyam — this; sakhi — My dear friend; su-duḥsādhyā — incurable; rādhā — of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; hṛdaya-vedanā — palpitations of the heart; kṛtā — done; yatra — in which; cikitsā — treatment; api — although; kutsāyām — in defamation; paryavasyati — ends in.

", "translation": "

“My dear friend, these palpitations of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s heart are extremely difficult to cure. Even if one applied some medical treatment, it would only end in defamation.”

", "purport": "

This verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 2.8) is spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī Herself.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.144", "bengali": "

ধরিঅ পরিচ্ছন্দগুণং সুন্দর মহ মন্দিরে তুমং বসসি ।
তহ তহ রুন্ধসি বলিঅং জহ জহ চইদা পলাএম্হি ? ১৪৪ ।। ॥ ১৪৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

dhari-a paḍicchanda-guṇaṁ sundara maha mandire tumaṁ vasasi
taha taha rundhasi bali-aṁ jaha jaha ca-idā palāemhi

", "synonyms": "

dhari-a — capturing; paḍicchanda-guṇam — the quality of an artistic picture; sundara — O most beautiful one; maha — My; mandire — within the heart; tumam — You; vasasi — reside; taha taha — that much; rundhasi — You block; bali-am — by force; jaha jaha — as much as; ca-idā — being disturbed; palāemhi — I try to escape.

", "translation": "

“O dearly beautiful one, the artistic loveliness of Your picture is now impressed within My mind. Since You are now living within My mind, wherever I wish to run because I am agitated by impressions of You, I find that You, O My friend, are blocking My way.”

", "purport": "

This verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 2.33) is written in the Prakrit language, not in Sanskrit. When transformed into Sanskrit, it reads as follows:

dhṛtvā praticchanda-guṇaṁ sundara mama mandire tvaṁ vasasi
tathā tathā ruṇatsi balitaṁ yathā yathā cakitā palāye

The meaning is the same, but the native language is different. It was spoken to Kṛṣṇa by Madhumaṅgala as he read Him a letter from Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.145", "bengali": "

অগ্রে বীক্ষ্য শিখণ্ডখণ্ডমচিরাদুৎকম্পমালম্বতে গুঞ্জানাঞ্চ বিলোকনান্মুহুরসৌ সাস্রং পরিক্রোশতি ।
নো জানে জনয়ন্নপূর্বনটনক্রীড়া-চমৎকারিতাং ।
বালায়াঃ কিল চিত্তভূমিমবিশৎ কোঽয়ং নবীনগ্রহঃ ॥ ১৪৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

agre vīkṣya śikhaṇḍa-khaṇḍam acirād utkampam ālambate
guñjānāṁ ca vilokanān muhur asau sāsraṁ parikrośati
no jāne janayann apūrva-naṭana-krīḍā-camatkāritāṁ
bālāyāḥ kila citta-bhūmim aviśat ko ’yaṁ navīna-grahaḥ

", "synonyms": "

agre — in front; vīkṣya — seeing; śikhaṇḍa-khaṇḍam — some peacock feathers; acirāt — all of a sudden; utkampam — trembling of the heart and body; ālambate — takes to; guñjānām — of a garland of guñjā (small conchshells); ca — also; vilokanāt — by seeing; muhuḥ — constantly; asau — She; sa-asram — with tears; parikrośati — goes around crying; na u — not; jāne — I know; janayan — awakening; apūrva-naṭana — like unheard-of dramatic dancing; krīḍā — of activities; camatkāritām — the madness; bālāyāḥ — of this poor girl; kila — certainly; citta-bhūmim — within the heart; aviśat — has entered; kaḥ — what; ayam — this; navīna-grahaḥ — new ecstatic influence.

", "translation": "

“Upon seeing peacock feathers in front of Her, this girl suddenly begins trembling. When She sometimes sees a necklace of guñjā [small conchshells], She sheds tears and cries loudly. I do not know what kind of new ecstatic influence has entered the heart of this poor girl. It has imbued Her with the dancing attitude of a player creating wonderful, unprecedented dances on a stage.”

", "purport": "

This verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 2.15) is spoken by Mukharā, a friend of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s grandmother, in a conversation with Paurṇamāsī, the grandmother of Madhumaṅgala.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.146", "bengali": "

অকারুণ্যঃ কৃষ্ণো যদি ময়ি তবাগঃ কথমিদং মুধা মা রোদীর্মে কুরু পরমিমামুত্তরকৃতিম্ ।
তমালস্য স্কন্ধে বিনিহিত-ভুজবল্লরিরিয়ং যথা বৃন্দারণ্যে চিরমবিচলা তিষ্ঠতি তনুঃ ॥ ১৪৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

akāruṇyaḥ kṛṣṇo yadi mayi tavāgaḥ katham idaṁ
mudhā mā rodīr me kuru param imām uttara-kṛtim
tamālasya skandhe vinihita-bhuja-vallarir iyaṁ
yathā vṛndāraṇye ciram avicalā tiṣṭhati tanuḥ

", "synonyms": "

akārunyaḥ — very cruel; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; yadi — if; mayi — unto Me; tava — your; āgaḥ — offense; katham — how; idam — this; mudhā — uselessly; mā rodīḥ — do not cry; me — for Me; kuru — do; param — but afterwards; imām — this; uttara-kṛtim — final act; tamālasya — of a tamāla tree; skandhe — the trunk; vinihita — fixed upon; bhuja-vallariḥ — arms like creepers; iyam — this; yathā — as far as possible; vṛndā-araṇye — in the forest of Vṛndāvana; ciram — forever; avicalā — without being disturbed; tiṣṭhati — remains; tanuḥ — the body.

", "translation": "

“[Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī said to Her constant companion Viśākhā:] ‘My dear friend, if Kṛṣṇa is unkind to Me, there will be no need for you to cry, for it will not be due to any fault of yours. I shall then have to die, but afterwards please do one thing for Me: to observe My funeral ceremony, place My body with its arms embracing a tamāla tree like creepers so that I may remain forever in Vṛndāvana undisturbed. That is My last request.’ ”

", "purport": "

This verse is Vidagdha-mādhava 2.47.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.147", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “কহ দেখি ভাবের স্বভাব ?” রূপ কহে, — “ঐছে হয় কৃষ্ণবিষয়ক ‘ভাব’ ।।” ১৪৭ ।। ॥ ১৪৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “kaha dekhi bhāvera svabhāva?”
rūpa kahe, — “aiche haya kṛṣṇa-viṣayaka ‘bhāva’ ”

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Rāmānanda Rāya says; kaha — kindly recite; dekhi — so that I may see; bhāvera svabhāva — the characteristic of emotional love; rūpa kahe — Rūpa Gosvāmī replies; aiche — such; haya — is; kṛṣṇa-viṣayaka — concerning Kṛṣṇa; bhāva — emotional love.

", "translation": "

Rāmānanda Rāya inquired, “What are the characteristics of emotional love?”

", "purport": "

Rūpa Gosvāmī replied, “This is the nature of emotional love for Kṛṣṇa:

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.148", "bengali": "

পীড়াভির্নবকালকূটকটুতা-গর্বস্য নির্বাসনো নিঃস্যন্দেন মুদাং সুধা-মধুরিমাহঙ্কর-সঙ্কোচনঃ ।
প্রেমা সুন্দরি নন্দনন্দনপরো জাগর্তি যস্যান্তরে জ্ঞায়ন্তে স্ফুটমস্য বক্রমধুরাস্তেনৈব বিক্রান্তয়ঃ ॥ ১৪৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

pīḍābhir nava-kālakūṭa-kaṭutā-garvasya nirvāsano
nisyandena mudāṁ sudhā-madhurimāhaṅkāra-saṅkocanaḥ
premā sundari nanda-nandana-paro jāgarti yasyāntare
jñāyante sphuṭam asya vakra-madhurās tenaiva vikrāntayaḥ

", "synonyms": "

pīḍābhiḥ — by the sufferings; nava — fresh; kāla-kūṭa — of poison; kaṭutā — of the severity; garvasya — of pride; nirvāsanaḥ — banishment; nisyandena — by pouring down; mudām — happiness; sudhā — of nectar; madhurimā — of the sweetness; ahaṅkāra — the pride; saṅkocanaḥ — minimizing; premā — love; sundari — beautiful friend; nanda-nandana-paraḥ — fixed upon the son of Mahārāja Nanda; jāgarti — develops; yasya — of whom; antare — in the heart; jñāyante — are perceived; sphuṭam — explicitly; asya — of that; vakra — crooked; madhurāḥ — and sweet; tena — by him; eva — alone; vikrāntayaḥ — the influences.

", "translation": "

“My dear beautiful friend, if one develops love of Godhead, love of Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja, all the bitter and sweet influences of this love will manifest in one’s heart. Such love of Godhead acts in two ways. The poisonous effects of love of Godhead defeat the severe and fresh poison of the serpent. Yet there is simultaneously transcendental bliss, which pours down and defeats the poisonous effects of a snake, as well as the happiness derived from pouring nectar on one’s head. It is perceived as doubly effective, simultaneously poisonous and nectarean.’ ”

", "purport": "

This verse is from the Vidagdha-mādhava (2.18). It also appears in the Madhya-līlā (chapter two, verse 52). It is spoken by Paurṇamāsī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.149", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “কহ সহজ-প্রেমের লক্ষণ” ।
রূপ-গোসাঞি কহে, “সাহজিক প্রেমধর্ম” ॥ ১৪৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “kaha sahaja-premera lakṣaṇa”
rūpa-gosāñi kahe, — “sāhajika prema-dharma”

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya inquires; kaha — please tell me; sahaja-premera — of natural love; lakṣaṇa — the characteristics; rūpa-gosāñi kahe — Rūpa Gosvāmī replies; sāhajika — spontaneous; prema-dharma — character of love of Godhead.

", "translation": "

Rāmānanda Rāya further inquired, “What are the natural characteristics of awakening love of Godhead?”

", "purport": "

Rūpa Gosvāmī replied, “These are the natural characteristics of love of God:

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.150", "bengali": "

স্তোত্রং যত্র তটস্থতাং প্রকটয়চ্চিত্তস্য ধত্তে ব্যথাং নিন্দাপি প্রমদং প্রযচ্ছতি পরীহাসশ্রিয়ং বিভ্রতী ।
দোষেণ ক্ষয়িতাং গুণেন গুরুতাং কেনাপ্যনাতন্বতী প্রেম্ণঃ স্বারসিকস্য কস্যচিদিয়ং বিক্রীড়তি প্রক্রিয়া ॥ ১৫০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

stotraṁ yatra taṭa-sthatāṁ prakaṭayac cittasya dhatte vyathāṁ
nindāpi pramadaṁ prayacchati parīhāsa-śriyaṁ bibhratī
doṣeṇa kṣayitāṁ guṇena gurutāṁ kenāpy anātanvatī
premṇaḥ svārasikasya kasyacid iyaṁ vikrīḍati prakriyā

", "synonyms": "

stotram — praising; yatra — in which; taṭa-sthatām — neutrality; prakaṭayat — manifesting; cittasya — to the heart; dhatte — gives; vyathām — painful reaction; nindā — blaspheming; api — also; pramadam — pleasure; prayacchati — delivers; parīhāsa — of joking; śriyam — the beauty; bibhratī — bringing forth; doṣeṇa — by accusation; kṣayitām — the quality of diminishing; guṇena — by good qualities; gurutām — the importance; kena api — by any; anātanvatī — not increasing; premṇaḥ — of love of Godhead; svārasikasya — spontaneous; kasyacit — of any; iyam — this; vikrīḍati — acts within the heart; prakriyā — the manner of action.

", "translation": "

“When one hears praise from his beloved, he outwardly remains neutral but feels pain within his heart. When he hears his beloved making accusations about him, he takes them to be jokes and enjoys pleasure. When he finds faults in his beloved, they do not diminish his love, nor do the beloved’s good qualities increase his spontaneous affection. Thus spontaneous love continues under all circumstances. That is how spontaneous love of Godhead acts within the heart.”

", "purport": "

This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (5.4) is spoken by Paurṇamāsī, the grandmother of Madhumaṅgala and mother of Sāndīpani Muni.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.151", "bengali": "

শ্রুত্বা নিষ্ঠুরতাং মমেন্দুবদনা প্রেমাঙ্কুরং ভিন্ধতী স্বান্তে শান্তিধুরাং বিধায় বিধুরে প্রায়ঃ পরাঞ্চিষ্যতি ।
কিংবা পামর-কাম-কার্মুকপরিত্রস্তা বিমোক্ষ্যত্যসূন্ হা মৌগ্ধ্যাৎ ফলিনী মনোরথলতা মৃদ্বী ময়োন্মূলিতা ॥ ১৫১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śrutvā niṣṭhuratāṁ mamendu-vadanā premāṅkuraṁ bhindatī
svānte śānti-dhurāṁ vidhāya vidhure prāyaḥ parāñciṣyati
kiṁ vā pāmara-kāma-kārmuka-paritrastā vimokṣyaty asūn
hā maugdhyāt phalinī manoratha-latā mṛdvī mayonmūlitā

", "synonyms": "

śrutvā — by hearing; niṣṭhuratām — cruelty; mama — My; indu-vadanā — moon-faced; prema-aṅkuram — the seed of love; bhindatī — splitting; sva-ante — within Her heart; śānti-dhurām — great toleration; vidhāya — taking; vidhure — aggrieved; prāyaḥ — almost; parāñciṣyati — may turn against; kiṁ vā — or; pāmara — most formidable; kāma — of lusty desires or Cupid; kārmuka — of the bow; paritrastā — frightened; vimokṣyati — will give up; asūn — life; hā — alas; maugdhyāt — on account of bewilderment; phalinī — almost fruitful; manaḥ-ratha-latā — the creeper of growing love; mṛdvī — very soft; mayā — by Me; unmūlitā — uprooted.

", "translation": "

“Upon hearing of My cruelty, moon-faced Rādhārāṇī may establish some kind of tolerance in Her aggrieved heart. But then She might turn against Me. Or, indeed, being fearful of the lusty desires invoked by the bow of formidable Cupid, She might even give up Her life. Alas! I have foolishly uprooted the soft creeper of Her desire just when it was ready to bear fruit.”

", "purport": "

Having been very cruel to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Kṛṣṇa is repenting in this way (Vidagdha-mādhava 2.40).

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.152", "bengali": "

যস্যোৎসঙ্গসুখাশয়া শিথিলিতা গুর্বী গুরুভ্যস্ত্রপা প্রাণেভ্যোঽপি সুহৃত্তমাঃ সখি তথা যূয়ং পরিক্লেশিতাঃ ।
ধর্মঃ সোঽপি মহান্ময়া ন গণিতঃ সাধ্বীভিরধ্যাসিতো ধিগ্ধৈর্যং তদুপেক্ষিতাপি যদহং জীবামি পাপীয়সী ॥ ১৫২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

yasyotsaṅga-sukhāśayā śithilitā gurvī gurubhyas trapā
prāṇebhyo ’pi suhṛt-tamāḥ sakhi tathā yūyaṁ parikleśitāḥ
dharmaḥ so ’pi mahān mayā na gaṇitaḥ sādhvībhir adhyāsito
dhig dhairyaṁ tad-upekṣitāpi yad ahaṁ jīvāmi pāpīyasī

", "synonyms": "

yasya — of whom; utsaṅga-sukha-āśayā — by the desire for the happiness of the association; śithilitā — slackened; gurvī — very great; gurubhyaḥ — unto the superiors; trapā — bashfulness; prāṇebhyaḥ — than My life; api — although; suhṛt-tamāḥ — more dear; sakhi — O My dear friend; tathā — similarly; yūyam — you; parikleśitāḥ — so much troubled; dharmaḥ — duties to My husband; saḥ — that; api — also; mahān — very great; mayā — by Me; na — not; gaṇitaḥ — cared for; sādhvībhiḥ — by the most chaste women; adhyāsitaḥ — practiced; dhik dhairyam — to hell with patience; tat — by Him; upekṣitā — neglected; api — although; yat — which; aham — I; jīvāmi — am living; pāpīyasī — the most sinful.

", "translation": "

“Desiring the happiness of His association and embraces, My dear friend, I disregarded even My superiors and relaxed My shyness and gravity before them. Furthermore, although you are My best friend, more dear to Me than My own life, I have given you so much trouble. Indeed, I even put aside the vow of dedication to My husband, a vow kept by the most elevated women. Oh, alas! Although He is now neglecting Me, I am so sinful that I am still living. Therefore I must condemn My so-called patience.”

", "purport": "

Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is speaking this verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 2.41) to Her intimate friend Viśākhādevī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.153", "bengali": "

গৃহান্তঃখেলন্ত্যো নিজসহজবাল্যস্য বলনা- দভদ্রং ভদ্রং বা কিমপি হি ন জানীমহি মনাক্ ।
বয়ং নেতুং যুক্তাঃ কথমশরণাং কামপি দশাং কথং বা ন্যায্যা তে প্রথয়িতুমুদাসীনপদবী ॥ ১৫৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

gṛhāntaḥ khelantyo nija-sahaja-bālyasya balanād
abhadraṁ bhadraṁ vā kim api hi na jānīmahi manāk
vayaṁ netuṁ yuktāḥ katham aśaraṇāṁ kām api daśāṁ
kathaṁ vā nyāyyā te prathayitum udāsīna-padavī

", "synonyms": "

gṛha-antaḥ khelantyaḥ — who were engaged in childish play within the house; nija — one’s own; sahaja — simple; bālyasya — of childhood; balanāt — on account of influence; abhadram — bad; bhadram — good; vā — or; kim api — what; hi — certainly; na — not; jānīmahi — We did know; manāk — even slightly; vayam — We; netum — to lead; yuktāḥ — suitable; katham — how; aśaraṇām — without surrender; kām api — such as this; daśām — to the condition; katham — how; vā — or; nyāyyā — correct; te — of You; prathayitum — to manifest; udāsīna — of carelessness; padavī — the position.

", "translation": "

“I was engaged in My own playful activities in My home, and because of My childish innocence I did not know right from wrong. Therefore, is it good for You to have forced Us into being so much attracted to You and then to have neglected Us? Now You are indifferent to Us. Do You think this is right?”

", "purport": "

This verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 2.46) is spoken to Kṛṣṇa by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.154", "bengali": "

অন্তঃক্লেশকলঙ্কিতাঃ কিল বয়ং যামোঽদ্য যাম্যাং পুরীং নায়ং বঞ্চনসঞ্চয়প্রণয়িনং হাসং তথাপ্যুজ্ঝতি ।
অস্মিন্ সম্পুটিতে গভীরকপটৈরাভীরপল্লীবিটে হা মেধাবিনি রাধিকে তব কথং প্রেমা গরীয়ানভূৎ ॥ ১৫৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

antaḥ-kleśa-kalaṅkitāḥ kila vayaṁ yāmo ’dya yāmyāṁ purīṁ
nāyaṁ vañcana-sañcaya-praṇayinaṁ hāsaṁ tathāpy ujjhati
asmin sampuṭite gabhīra-kapaṭair ābhīra-pallī-viṭe
hā medhāvini rādhike tava kathaṁ premā garīyān abhūt

", "synonyms": "

antaḥ-kleśa-kalaṅkitāḥ — polluted by inner miserable conditions that continue even after death; kila — certainly; vayam — all of us; yāmaḥ — are going; adya — now; yāmyām — of Yamarāja; purīm — to the abode; na — not; ayam — this; vañcana-sañcaya — cheating activities; praṇayinam — aiming at; hāsam — smiling; tathāpi — still; ujjhati — gives up; asmin — in this; sampuṭite — filled; gabhīra — deep; kapaṭaiḥ — with deceit; ābhīra-pallī — from the village of the cowherd men; viṭe — in a debauchee; hā — alas; medhāvini — O intelligent one; rādhike — Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; tava — Your; katham — how; premā — love; garīyān — so great; abhūt — became.

", "translation": "

“Our hearts are so polluted by miserable conditions that we are certainly going to Pluto’s kingdom. Nevertheless, Kṛṣṇa does not give up His beautiful loving smiling, which is full of cheating tricks. O Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, You are very intelligent. How could You have developed such great loving affection for this deceitful debauchee from the neighborhood of the cowherds?”

", "purport": "

This verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 2.37) is spoken to Rādhārāṇī by Lalitā-sakhī, another confidential friend.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.155", "bengali": "

হিত্বা দূরে পথি ধবতরোরন্তিকং ধর্মসেতো- র্ভঙ্গোদগ্রা গুরুশিখরিণং রংহসা লঙ্ঘয়ন্তী ।
লেভে কৃষ্ণার্ণব নবরসা রাধিকা-বাহিনী ত্বাং বাগ্বীচীভিঃ কিমিব বিমুখীভাবমস্যাস্তনোষি ॥ ১৫৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

hitvā dūre pathi dhava-taror antikaṁ dharma-setor
bhaṅgodagrā guru-śikhariṇaṁ raṁhasā laṅghayantī
lebhe kṛṣṇārṇava nava-rasā rādhikā-vāhinī tvāṁ
vāg-vīcībhiḥ kim iva vimukhī-bhāvam asyās tanoṣi

", "synonyms": "

hitvā — giving up; dūre — far away; pathi — on the road; dhava-taroḥ — of the tree of the husband; antikam — the vicinity; dharma-setoḥ — the bridge of religion; bhaṅga-udagrā — being strong enough for breaking; guru-śikhariṇam — the hill of the superior relatives; raṁhasā — with great force; laṅghayantī — crossing over; lebhe — has obtained; kṛṣṇa-arnava — O ocean of Kṛṣṇa; nava-rasā — being influenced by new ecstatic love; rādhikā — Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; vāhinī — like a river; tvām — You; vāk-vīcibhiḥ — only by the waves of words; kim — how; iva — like this; vimukhī-bhāvam — indifference; asyāḥ — toward Her; tanoṣi — You are spreading.

", "translation": "

“O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You are just like an ocean. The river of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī has reached You from a long distance — leaving far behind the tree of Her husband, breaking through the bridge of social convention, and forcibly crossing the hills of elder relatives. Coming here because of fresh feelings of love for You, that river has now received Your shelter, but now You are trying to turn Her back by the waves of unfavorable words. How is it that You are spreading this attitude?’ ”

", "purport": "

This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (3.9) is spoken to Lord Kṛṣṇa by Paurṇamāsī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.156", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “বৃন্দাবন, মুরলী-নিঃস্বন ।
কৃষ্ণ, রাধিকার কৈছে করিয়াছে বর্ণন ? ১৫৬ ।। ॥ ১৫৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “vṛndāvana, muralī-niḥsvana
kṛṣṇa, rādhikāra kaiche kariyācha varṇana?

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Rāmānanda Rāya says; vṛndāvana — the place named Vṛndāvana; muralī-niḥsvana — the vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; rādhikāra — of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; kaiche — how; kariyācha varṇana — you have described.

", "translation": "

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya further inquired, “How have you described Vṛndāvana, the vibration of the transcendental flute, and the relationship between Kṛṣṇa and Rādhikā?”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.157", "bengali": "

কহ, তোমার কবিত্ব শুনি’ হয় চমৎকার ।” ক্রমে রূপ-গোসাঞি কহে করি’ নমস্কার ॥ ১৫৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

kaha, tomāra kavitva śuni’ haya camatkāra”
krame rūpa-gosāñi kahe kari’ namaskāra

", "synonyms": "

kaha — kindly let me know; tomāra kavitva śuni’ — by hearing your poetic ability; haya — there is; camatkāra — much astonishment; krame — gradually; rūpa-gosāñi — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; kahe — continues to speak; kari’ namaskāra — offering obeisances.

", "translation": "

“Please tell me all this, for your poetic ability is wonderful.” After offering obeisances to Rāmānanda Rāya, Rūpa Gosvāmī gradually began answering his inquiries.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.158", "bengali": "

সুগন্ধৌ মাকন্দপ্রকরমকরন্দস্য মধুরে বিনিস্যন্দে বন্দীকৃতমধুপবৃন্দং মুহুরিদম্ ।
কৃতান্দোলং মন্দোন্নতিভিরনিলৈশ্চন্দনগিরে- র্মমানন্দং বৃন্দা-বিপিনমতুলং তুন্দিলয়তি ॥ ১৫৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

su-gandhau mākanda-prakara-makarandasya madhure
vinisyande vandī-kṛta-madhupa-vṛndaṁ muhur idam
kṛtāndolaṁ mandonnatibhir anilaiś candana-girer
mamānandaṁ vṛndā-vipinam atulaṁ tundilayati

", "synonyms": "

su-gandhau — in the fragrance; mākanda-prakara — of the bunches of mango buds; makarandasya — of the honey; madhure — sweet; vinisyande — in the oozing; vandī-kṛta — grouped together; madhupa-vṛndam — bumblebees; muhuḥ — again and again; idam — this; kṛta-andolam — agitated; manda-unnatibhiḥ — moving softly; anilaiḥ — by the breezes; candana-gireḥ — from the Malaya Hills; mama — My; ānandam — pleasure; vṛndā-vipinam — the forest of Vṛndāvana; atulam — very much; tundilayati — increases more and more.

", "translation": "

“The sweet, fragrant honey oozing from newly grown mango buds is again and again attracting groups of bumblebees, and this forest is trembling in the softly moving breezes from the Malaya Hills, which are full of sandalwood trees. Thus the forest of Vṛndāvana is increasing My transcendental pleasure.”

", "purport": "

This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (1.23) is spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.159", "bengali": "

বৃন্দাবনং দিব্যলতা-পরীতং লতাশ্চ পুষ্পস্ফুরিতাগ্রভাজঃ ।
পুষ্পাণি চ স্ফীতমধুব্রতানি মধুব্রতাশ্চ শ্রুতিহারিগীতাঃ ॥ ১৫৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

vṛndāvanaṁ divya-latā-parītaṁ
latāś ca puṣpa-sphuritāgra-bhājaḥ
puṣpāṇi ca sphīta-madhu-vratāni
madhu-vratāś ca śruti-hāri-gītāḥ

", "synonyms": "

vṛndāvanam — the forest of Vṛndāvana; divya-latā-parītam — surrounded by transcendental creepers; latāḥ ca — and the creepers; puṣpa — by flowers; sphurita — distinguished; agra-bhājaḥ — possessing ends; puṣpāṇi — the flowers; ca — and; sphīta-madhu-vratāni — having many maddened bumblebees; madhu-vratāḥ — the bumblebees; ca — and; śruti-hāri-gītāḥ — whose songs defeat the Vedic hymns and are pleasing to the ear.

", "translation": "

“My dear friend, see how this forest of Vṛndāvana is full of transcendental creepers and trees. The tops of the creepers are full of flowers, and intoxicated bumblebees are buzzing around them, humming songs that please the ear and surpass even the Vedic hymns.”

", "purport": "

This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (1.24) is spoken by Lord Balarāma to His friend Śrīdāmā.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.160", "bengali": "

ক্বচিদ্ভৃঙ্গীগীতং ক্বচিদনিলভঙ্গী-শিশিরতা ক্বচিদ্বল্লীলাস্যং ক্বচিদমলমল্লীপরিমলঃ ।
ক্বচিদ্ধারাশালী করকফলপালী-রসভরো হৃষীকাণাং বৃন্দং প্রমদয়তি বৃন্দাবনমিদম্ ॥ ১৬০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

kvacid bhṛṅgī-gītaṁ kvacid anila-bhaṅgī-śiśiratā
kvacid vallī-lāsyaṁ kvacid amala-mallī-parimalaḥ
kvacid dhārā-śālī karaka-phala-pālī-rasa-bharo
hṛṣīkāṇāṁ vṛndaṁ pramadayati vṛndāvanam idam

", "synonyms": "

kvacit — somewhere; bhṛṅgī-gītam — the humming songs of the bumblebees; kvacit — somewhere; anila-bhaṅgī-śiśiratā — coolness from the waves of the mild breezes; kvacit — somewhere; vallī-lāsyam — the dancing of the creepers; kvacit — somewhere; amala-mallī-parimalaḥ — the pure fragrance of the mallikā flowers; kvacit — somewhere; dhārā-śālī — abounding in showers; karaka-phala-pālī — of pomegranate fruits; rasa-bharaḥ — overabundance of juice; hṛṣīkāṇām — of the senses; vṛndam — to the group; pramadayati — is giving pleasure; vṛndāvanam — the forest of Vṛndāvana; idam — this.

", "translation": "

“My dear friend, this forest of Vṛndāvana is giving great pleasure to our senses in various ways. Somewhere bumblebees are singing in groups, and in some places mild breezes are cooling the entire atmosphere. Somewhere the creepers and tree twigs are dancing, the mallikā flowers are expanding their fragrance, and an overabundance of juice is constantly flowing in showers from pomegranate fruits.”

", "purport": "

This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (1.31) is spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa to His cowherd friend Madhumaṅgala.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.161", "bengali": "

পরামৃষ্টাঙ্গুষ্ঠত্রয়মসিতরত্নৈরুভয়তো বহন্তী সংকীর্ণৌ মণিভিররুণৈস্তৎপরিসরৌ ।
তয়োর্মধ্যে হীরোজ্জ্বলবিমল-জাম্বূনদময়ী করে কল্যাণীয়ং বিহরতি হরেঃ কেলিমুরলী ॥ ১৬১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

parāmṛṣṭāṅguṣṭha-trayam asita-ratnair ubhayato
vahantī saṅkīrṇau maṇibhir aruṇais tat-parisarau
tayor madhye hīrojjvala-vimala-jāmbūnada-mayī
kare kalyāṇīyaṁ viharati hareḥ keli-muralī

", "synonyms": "

parāmṛṣta — measured; anguṣṭha-trayam — a length of three fingers; asita-ratnaiḥ — with valuable indranīla jewels; ubhayataḥ — from both ends; vahantī — having; saṅkīrṇau — bedecked; maṇibhiḥ — by gems; aruṇaiḥ — rubies; tat-parisarau — the two ends of the flute; tayoḥ madhye — between them; hīra — with diamonds; ujjvala — blazing; vimala — pure; jāmbūnada-mayī — covered with gold plate; kare — in the hand; kalyāṇī — very auspicious; iyam — this; viharati — glitters; hareḥ — of Kṛṣṇa; keli-muralī — the pastime flute.

", "translation": "

“The flute of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes measures three fingers in length, and it is bedecked with indranīla gems. At the ends of the flute are aruṇa gems [rubies], glittering beautifully, and between its ends the flute is plated with gold set ablaze by diamonds. This auspicious flute, pleasing to Kṛṣṇa, is glittering in His hand with transcendental brilliance.”

", "purport": "

This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (3.1) is spoken to Lalitādevī by Paurṇamāsī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.162", "bengali": "

সদ্বংশতস্তব জনিঃ পুরুষোত্তমস্য পাণৌ স্থিতির্মুরলিকে সরলাসি জাত্যা ।
কস্মাত্ত্বয়া সখি গুরোর্বিষমা গৃহীতা গোপাঙ্গনাগণবিমোহনমন্ত্রদীক্ষা ॥ ১৬২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sad-vaṁśatas tava janiḥ puruṣottamasya
pāṇau sthitir muralike saralāsi jātyā
kasmāt tvayā sakhi guror viṣamā gṛhītā
gopāṅganā-gaṇa-vimohana-mantra-dīkṣā

", "synonyms": "

sat-vaṁśataḥ — very respectable family; tava — your; janiḥ — birth; puruṣottamasya — of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; pāṇau — in the hands; sthitiḥ — residence; muralike — O good flute; saralā — simple; asi — you are; jātyā — by birth; kasmāt — why; tvayā — by you; sakhi — O My dear friend; guroḥ — from the spiritual master; viṣamā — dangerous; gṛhītā — taken; gopa-aṅganā-gaṇa-vimohana — for bewildering the groups of the gopīs; mantra-dīkṣā — initiation in the mantra.

", "translation": "

“My dear friend the flute, it appears that you have been born of a very good family, for your residence is in the hands of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. By birth you are simple and are not at all crooked. Why then have you taken initiation into this dangerous mantra that enchants the assembled gopīs?”

", "purport": "

This verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 5.17) is spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.163", "bengali": "

সখি মুরলি বিশালচ্ছিদ্রজালেন পূর্ণা লঘুরতিকঠিনা ত্বং গ্রন্থিলা নীরসাসি ।
তদপি ভজসি শশ্বচ্চুম্বনানন্দসান্দ্রং হরিকরপরিরম্ভং কেন পুণ্যোদয়েন ॥ ১৬৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sakhi murali viśāla-cchidra-jālena pūrṇā
laghur ati-kaṭhinā tvaṁ granthilā nīrasāsi
tad api bhajasi śaśvac cumbanānanda-sāndraṁ
hari-kara-parirambhaṁ kena puṇyodayena

", "synonyms": "

sakhi murali — O dear friend the flute; viśāla-chidra-jālena — with so many big holes in your body (in other words, full of chidra, which also means “faults”); pūrṇā — full; laghuḥ — very light; ati-kaṭhinā — very hard in constitution; tvam — you; granthilā — full of knots; nīrasā — without juice; asi — are; tat api — therefore; bhajasi — you obtain through service; śaśvat — continuously; cumbana-ānanda — the transcendental bliss of being kissed by the Lord; sāndram — intense; hari-kara-parirambham — being embraced by the hands of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; kena — by what; puṇya-udayena — means of pious activities.

", "translation": "

“My dear friend the flute, you are actually full of many holes or faults. You are light, hard, juiceless and full of knots. But what kind of pious activities have engaged you in the service of being kissed by the Lord and embraced by His hands?”

", "purport": "

This verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 4.7) is spoken by Candrāvalī-sakhī, the gopī competitor of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.164", "bengali": "

রুন্ধন্নম্বুভৃতশ্চমৎকৃতিপরং কুর্বন্মুহুস্তুম্বুরুং ধ্যানাদন্তরয়ন্ সনন্দনমুখান্ বিস্মাপয়ন্ বেধসম্ ।
ঔৎসুক্যাবলিভির্বলিং চটুলয়ন্ ভোগীন্দ্রমাঘূর্ণয়ন্ ভিন্দন্নণ্ডকটাহভিত্তিমভিতো বভ্রাম বংশীধ্বনিঃ ॥ ১৬৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rundhann ambu-bhṛtaś camatkṛti-paraṁ kurvan muhus tumburuṁ
dhyānād antarayan sanandana-mukhān vismāpayan vedhasam
autsukyāvalibhir baliṁ caṭulayan bhogīndram āghūrṇayan
bhindann aṇḍa-kaṭāha-bhittim abhito babhrāma vaṁśī-dhvaniḥ

", "synonyms": "

rundhan — blocking; ambu-bhṛtaḥ — the clouds bearing rain; camatkṛti-param — full of wonder; kurvan — making; muhuḥ — at every moment; tumburum — the King of the Gandharvas, Tumburu; dhyānāt — from meditation; antarayan — disturbing; sanandana-mukhān — the great saintly persons headed by Sanandana; vismāpayan — causing wonder; vedhasam — even to Lord Brahmā; autsukya-āvalibhiḥ — with thoughts of curiosity; balim — King Bali; caṭulayan — agitating; bhogī-indram — the King of the Nāgas; āghūrṇayan — whirling around; bhindan — penetrating; aṇḍa-kaṭāha-bhittim — the strong coverings of the universe; abhitaḥ — all around; babhrāma — circulated; vaṁśī-dhvaniḥ — the transcendental vibration of the flute.

", "translation": "

“The transcendental vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute blocked the movements of the rain clouds, struck the Gandharvas full of wonder, and agitated the meditation of great saintly persons like Sanaka and Sanandana. It created wonder in Lord Brahmā, wrought intense curiosity that agitated the mind of Bali Mahārāja, who was otherwise firmly fixed, made Mahārāja Ananta, the carrier of the planets, whirl around, and penetrated the strong coverings of the universe. Thus the sound of the flute in the hands of Kṛṣṇa created a wonderful situation.”

", "purport": "

This verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 1.27) is spoken by Madhumaṅgala, a cowherd friend of Kṛṣṇa’s.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.165", "bengali": "

অয়ং নয়নদণ্ডিতপ্রবরপুণ্ডরীকপ্রভঃ প্রভাতি নবজাগুড়-দ্যুতিবিড়ম্বি-পীতাম্বরঃ ।
অরণ্যজপরিষ্ক্রিয়া-দমিতদিব্যবেশাদরো হরিন্মণিমনোহরদ্যুতিভিরুজ্জ্বলাঙ্গো হরিঃ ॥ ১৬৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

ayaṁ nayana-daṇḍita-pravara-puṇḍarīka-prabhaḥ
prabhāti nava-jāguḍa-dyuti-viḍambi-pītāmbaraḥ
araṇyaja-pariṣkriyā-damita-divya-veśādaro
harin-maṇi-manohara-dyutibhir ujjvalāṅgo hariḥ

", "synonyms": "

ayam — this; nayana — by whose beautiful eyes; daṇḍita — defeated; pravara — best; puṇḍarīka-prabhaḥ — the luster of the white lotus flower; prabhāti — looks beautiful; nava-jāguḍa-dyuti — the brilliance of newly painted kuṅkuma; viḍambi — deriding; pīta-ambaraḥ — whose yellow dress; araṇya-ja — picked up from the forest; pariṣkriyā — by whose ornaments; damita — subdued; divya-veśa-ādaraḥ — the hankering for first-class dress; harin-maṇi — of emeralds; manaḥ-hara — mind-attracting; dyutibhiḥ — with splendor; ujjvala-aṅgaḥ — whose beautiful body; hariḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

", "translation": "

“The beauty of Kṛṣṇa’s eyes surpasses the beauty of white lotus flowers, His yellow garments surpass the brilliance of fresh decorations of kuṅkuma, His ornaments of selected forest flowers subdue the hankering for the best of garments, and His bodily beauty possesses mind-attracting splendor greater than the jewels known as marakata-maṇi [emeralds].”

", "purport": "

This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (1.17) is spoken by Paurṇamāsī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.166", "bengali": "

জঙ্ঘাধস্তটসঙ্গিদক্ষিণপদং কিঞ্চিদ্বিভুগ্নত্রিকং সাচিস্তম্ভিতকন্ধরং সখি তিরঃসঞ্চারিনেত্রাঞ্চলম্ ।
বংশীং কুট্মলিতে দধানমধরে লোলাঙ্গুলীসঙ্গতাং রিঙ্গদ্ভ্রূভ্রমরং বরাঙ্গি পরমানন্দং পুরঃ স্বীকুরু ॥ ১৬৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

jaṅghādhas-taṭa-saṅgi-dakṣiṇa-padaṁ kiñcid vibhugna-trikaṁ
sāci-stambhita-kandharaṁ sakhi tiraḥ-sañcāri-netrāñcalam
vaṁśīṁ kuṭmalite dadhānam adhare lolāṅgulī-saṅgatāṁ
riṅgad-bhrū-bhramaraṁ varāṅgi paramānandaṁ puraḥ svī-kuru

", "synonyms": "

jaṅghā — of the shin; adhaḥ-taṭa — at the lower border; saṅgi — connected; dakṣiṇa-padam — the right foot; kiñcit — slightly; vibhugna-trikam — the middle of the body bent in three places; sāci-stambhita-kandharam — whose neck is fixed in a curve to the side; sakhi — O friend; tiraḥ-sañcāri — roaming sideways; netra-añcalam — whose borders of the eyes; vaṁśīm — flute; kuṭmalite — shut like a flower bud; dadhānam — placing; adhare — on the lips; lola-aṅgulī-saṅgatām — joined with fingers moving here and there; riṅgat-bhrū — whose slowly moving eyebrows; bhramaram — like bumblebees; vara-aṅgi — O most beautiful one; parama-ānandam — the personality of bliss; puraḥ — situated in front; svī-kuru — just accept.

", "translation": "

“O most beautiful friend, please accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is standing before You full of transcendental bliss. The borders of His eyes roam from side to side, and His eyebrows move slowly like bumblebees on His lotuslike face. Standing with His right foot placed below the knee of His left leg, the middle of His body curved in three places, and His neck gracefully tilted to the side, He takes His flute to His pursed lips and moves His fingers upon it here and there.”

", "purport": "

This verse from the Lalita-mādhava-nāṭaka (4.27), a ten-act play by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, is spoken by Lalitādevī to Rādhārāṇī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.167", "bengali": "

কুলবরতনুধর্মগ্রাববৃন্দানি ভিন্দন্ সুমুখি নিশিতদীর্ঘাপাঙ্গটঙ্কচ্ছটাভিঃ ।
যুগপদয়মপূর্বঃ কঃ পুরো বিশ্বকর্মা মরকতমণিলক্ষৈর্গোষ্ঠকক্ষাং চিনোতি ॥ ১৬৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

kula-vara-tanu-dharma-grāva-vṛndāni bhindan
su-mukhi niśita-dīrghāpāṅga-ṭaṅka-cchaṭābhiḥ
yugapad ayam apūrvaḥ kaḥ puro viśvakarmā
marakata-maṇi-lakṣair goṣṭha-kakṣāṁ cinoti

", "synonyms": "

kula-vara-tanu — of the family women; dharma — in the form of dedication to the husband, etc.; grāva-vṛndāni — the stones; bhindan — splitting; su-mukhi — O beautiful-faced one; niśita — sharp; dīrgha-apāṅga — in the form of long outer corners of the eyes; ṭaṅka-chaṭābhiḥ — by chisels; yugapat — simultaneously; ayam — this; apūrvaḥ — unprecedented; kaḥ — who; puraḥ — in front; viśvakarmā — creative person; marakata-maṇi-lakṣaiḥ — with countless emeralds; goṣṭha-kakṣām — a private room for meeting; cinoti — He is constructing.

", "translation": "

“O beautiful-faced one, who is this creative person standing before us? With the sharp chisels of His loving glances, He is splitting the hard stones of many women’s devotion to their husbands. And with the luster of His body, surpassing the brilliance of countless emeralds, He is simultaneously constructing private meeting places for His pastimes.”

", "purport": "

This verse (Lalita-mādhava 1.52) is spoken by Rādhārāṇī to Lalitādevī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.168", "bengali": "

মহেন্দ্রমণিমণ্ডলীমদবিড়ম্বিদেহদ্যুতি- র্ব্রজেন্দ্রকুলচন্দ্রমাঃ স্ফুরতি কোঽপি নব্যো যুবা ।
সখি স্থিরকুলাঙ্গনা-নিকর-নীবি-বন্ধার্গল- চ্ছিদাকরণ-কৌতুকী জয়তি যস্য বংশীধ্বনিঃ ॥ ১৬৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

mahendra-maṇi-maṇḍalī-mada-viḍambi-deha-dyutir
vrajendra-kula-candramāḥ sphurati ko ’pi navyo yuvā
sakhi sthira-kulāṅganā-nikara-nīvi-bandhārgala-
cchidā-karaṇa-kautukī jayati yasya vaṁśī-dhvaniḥ

", "synonyms": "

mahendra-maṇi — of jewels of the name mahendra-maṇi; maṇḍalī — of masses; mada-viḍambi — defeating the pride; deha-dyutiḥ — one whose bodily luster; vrajendra-kula-candramāḥ — the moon of the family of Vrajarāja (Nanda Mahārāja); sphurati — manifests; kaḥ api — some; navyaḥ yuvā — newly youthful person; sakhi — O my dear friend; sthira — steady; kula-aṅganā — of family ladies; nikara — of groups; nīvi-bandha-argala — of the impediments such as tightened dresses and belts; chidā-karaṇa — in causing the cutting; kautukī — very cunning; jayati — all glories; yasya — of whom; vaṁśī-dhvaniḥ — to the vibration of the flute.

", "translation": "

“My dear friend, this newly youthful Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the moon in the family of Nanda Mahārāja, is so beautiful that He defies the beauty of clusters of valuable jewels. All glories to the vibration of His flute, for it is cunningly breaking the patience of chaste ladies by loosening their belts and tight dresses.”

", "purport": "

This verse from the Lalita-mādhava (1.49) is spoken by Lalitādevī to Rādhārāṇī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.169", "bengali": "

বলাদক্ষ্ণোর্লক্ষ্মীঃ কবলয়তি নব্যং কুবলয়ং মুখোল্লাসঃ ফুল্লং কমলবনমুল্লঙ্ঘয়তি চ ।
দশাং কষ্টামষ্টাপদমপি নয়ত্যাঙ্গিকরুচি- র্বিচিত্রং রাধায়াঃ কিমপি কিল রূপং বিলসতি ॥ ১৬৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

balād akṣṇor lakṣmīḥ kavalayati navyaṁ kuvalayaṁ
mukhollāsaḥ phullaṁ kamala-vanam ullaṅghayati ca
daśāṁ kaṣṭām aṣṭāpadam api nayaty āṅgika-rucir
vicitraṁ rādhāyāḥ kim api kila rūpaṁ vilasati

", "synonyms": "

balāt — by force; akṣṇoḥ — of the two eyes; lakṣmīḥ — the beauty; kavalayati — devours; navyam — newly awakened; kuvalayam — lotus flower; mukha-ullāsaḥ — the beauty of the face; phullam — fructified; kamala-vanam — a forest of lotus flowers; ullaṅghayati — surpasses; ca — also; daśām — to a situation; kaṣṭām — painful; aṣṭā-padam — gold; api — even; nayati — brings; āṅgika-ruciḥ — the luster of the body; vicitram — wonderful; rādhāyāḥ — of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; kim api — some; kila — certainly; rūpam — the beauty; vilasati — manifests.

", "translation": "

“The beauty of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s eyes forcibly devours the beauty of newly grown blue lotus flowers, and the beauty of Her face surpasses that of an entire forest of fully blossomed lotuses. Her bodily luster seems to place even gold into a painful situation. Thus the wonderful, unprecedented beauty of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is awakening in Vṛndāvana.”

", "purport": "

This verse is from the Vidagdha-mādhava (1.32). It is spoken by Paurṇamāsī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.170", "bengali": "

বিধুরেতি দিবা বিরূপতাং শতপত্রং বত শর্বরীমুখে ।
ইতি কেন সদাশ্রিয়োজ্জ্বলং তুলনামর্হতি মৎপ্রিয়াননম্ ॥ ১৭০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

vidhur eti divā virūpatāṁ
śata-patraṁ bata śarvarī-mukhe
iti kena sadā śriyojjvalaṁ
tulanām arhati mat-priyānanam

", "synonyms": "

vidhuḥ — the moon; eti — becomes; divā — by daytime; virūpatām — faded away; śata-patram — the lotus flower; bata — alas; śarvarī-mukhe — in the beginning of evening; iti — thus; kena — with what; sadā — always; śriyā-ujjvalam — brilliant with beauty; tulanām — comparison; arhati — deserves; mat — of Me; priyā — of the dear one; ānanam — the face.

", "translation": "

“Although the effulgence of the moon is brilliant initially at night, in the daytime it fades away. Similarly, although the lotus is beautiful during the daytime, at night it closes. But, O My friend, the face of My most dear Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is always bright and beautiful, both day and night. Therefore, to what can Her face be compared?”

", "purport": "

This verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 5.20) is spoken by Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Madhumaṅgala.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.171", "bengali": "

প্রমদরসতরঙ্গস্মেরগণ্ডস্থলায়াঃ স্মরধনুরনুবন্ধিভ্রূলতা-লাস্যভাজঃ ।
মদকলচলভৃঙ্গীভ্রান্তিভঙ্গীং দধানো হৃদয়মিদমদাঙক্ষীৎ পক্ষ্মলাক্ষ্যাঃ কটাক্ষঃ ॥ ১৭১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

pramada-rasa-taraṅga-smera-gaṇḍa-sthalāyāḥ
smara-dhanur anubandhi-bhrū-latā-lāsya-bhājaḥ
mada-kala-cala-bhṛṅgī-bhrānti-bhaṅgīṁ dadhāno
hṛdayam idam adāṅkṣīt pakṣmalākṣyāḥ kaṭākṣaḥ

", "synonyms": "

pramada — of joy; rasa-taraṅga — by the continuous waves of the mellow; smera — mildly smiling; gaṇḍa-sthalāyāḥ — whose cheeks; smara-dhanuḥ — the bow of Cupid; anubandhi — related with; bhrū-latā — of the arched eyebrows; lāsya — dancing; bhājaḥ — of one who has; mada-kala — intoxicated; cala — unsteady; bhṛṅgī-bhrānti — the moving to and fro of bees; bhaṅgīm — the semblance of; dadhānaḥ — giving; hṛdayam idam — this heart; adāṅkṣīt — has bitten; pakṣmala — possessing exquisite eyelashes; akṣyāḥ — of whose two eyes; kaṭa-akṣaḥ — the glance.

", "translation": "

“When Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī smiles, waves of joy flow over Her cheeks, and Her arched eyebrows dance like the bow of Cupid. Her glance is so enchanting that it is like a dancing bumblebee moving unsteadily due to intoxication. That bee has bitten the whorl of My heart.’ ”

", "purport": "

This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (2.51) is also spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.172", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “তোমার কবিত্ব অমৃতের ধার ।
দ্বিতীয় নাটকের কহ নান্দী-ব্যবহার ।।” ১৭২ ।। ॥ ১৭২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “tomāra kavitva amṛtera dhāra
dvitīya nāṭakera kaha nāndī-vyavahāra”

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Rāmānanda Rāya says; tomāra — you; kavitva — superexcellence in poetic presentation; amṛtera dhāra — a continuous shower of nectar; dvitīya nāṭakera — of the second drama; kaha — please tell; nāndī-vyavahāra — treatment of the introduction.

", "translation": "

Having heard these verses recited by Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya said, “Your poetic expressions are like continuous showers of nectar. Kindly let me hear the introductory portion of the second drama.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.173", "bengali": "

রূপ কহে, — “কাহাঁ তুমি সূর্যোপম ভাস ।
মুঞি কোন্ ক্ষুদ্র, — যেন খদ্যোত-প্রকাশ ॥ ১৭৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rūpa kahe, — “kāhāṅ tumi sūryopama bhāsa
muñi kon kṣudra, — yena khadyota-prakāśa

", "synonyms": "

rūpa kahe — Rūpa Gosvāmī says; kāhāṅ — where; tumi — you; sūrya-upama — like the sun; bhāsa — brilliance; muñi — I; kon — some; kṣudra — insignificant; yena — exactly like; khadyota-prakāśa — the brilliance of the glowworm.

", "translation": "

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī said, “In your presence, which is just like brilliant sunshine, I am as insignificant as the light of a glowworm.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.174", "bengali": "

তোমার আগে ধার্ষ্ট্য এই মুখ-ব্যাদান ।” এত বলি’ নান্দী-শ্লোক করিলা ব্যাখ্যান ॥ ১৭৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

tomāra āge dhārṣṭya ei mukha-vyādāna”
eta bali’ nāndī-śloka karilā vyākhyāna

", "synonyms": "

tomāra āge — before you; dhāṛṣṭya — impudence; ei — this; mukha-vyādāna — simply opening the mouth; eta bali’ — saying this; nāndī-śloka — the introductory verses; karilā vyākhyāna — explained.

", "translation": "

“It is even impudent for me to open my mouth before you.” Then, having said this, he recited the introductory verse of the Lalita-mādhava.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.175", "bengali": "

সুররিপুসুদৃশামুরোজকোকা- ন্মুখকমলানি চ খেদয়ন্নখণ্ডঃ ।
চিরমখিলসুহৃচ্চকোরনন্দী দিশতু মুকুন্দযশঃশশী মুদং বঃ ॥ ১৭৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sura-ripu-sudṛśām uroja-kokān
mukha-kamalāni ca khedayann akhaṇḍaḥ
ciram akhila-suhṛc-cakora-nandī
diśatu mukunda-yaśaḥ-śaśī mudaṁ vaḥ

", "synonyms": "

sura-ripu — of the enemies of the demigods; sudṛśām — of the wives; uroja — the breasts; kokān — like birds known as cakravāka birds; mukha — faces; kamalāni — like lotuses; ca — also; khedayan — distressing; akhaṇḍaḥ — completely without distortion; ciram — for a long time; akhila — of all; suhṛt — the friend; cakora-nandī — pleasing to the cakora birds; diśatu — let it give; mukunda — of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; yaśaḥ — the glories; śaśī — like the moon; mudam — pleasure; vaḥ — to all of you.

", "translation": "

“The beautiful moonlike glories of Mukunda give distress to the lotuslike faces of the wives of the demons and to their raised breasts, which are like gleaming cakravāka birds. Those glories, however, are pleasing to all His devotees, who are like cakora birds. May those glories forever give pleasure to you all.’ ”

", "purport": "

This is the first verse of Act One of the Lalita-mādhava.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.176", "bengali": "

‘দ্বিতীয় নান্দী কহ দেখি?’ — রায় পুছিলা ।
সঙ্কোচ পাঞা রূপ পড়িতে লাগিলা ॥ ১৭৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

‘dvitīya nāndī kaha dekhi?’ — rāya puchilā
saṅkoca pāñā rūpa paḍite lāgilā

", "synonyms": "

dvitīya nāndī — the second introductory verse; kaha — recite; dekhi — so that we can see; rāya puchilā — Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya again inquired; saṅkoca pāñā — becoming a little hesitant; rūpa — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; paḍite lāgilā — began to recite.

", "translation": "

When Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya further inquired about the second introductory verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was somewhat hesitant, but nevertheless he began to recite.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.177", "bengali": "

নিজপ্রণয়িতাং সুধামুদয়মাপ্নুবন্ যঃ ক্ষিতৌ কিরত্যলমুরীকৃতদ্বিজকুলাধিরাজস্থিতিঃ ।
স লুঞ্চিত-তমস্ততির্মম শচীসুতাখ্যঃ শশী বশীকৃতজগন্মনাঃ কিমপি শর্ম বিন্যস্যতু ॥ ১৭৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

nija-praṇayitāṁ sudhām udayam āpnuvan yaḥ kṣitau
kiraty alam urī-kṛta-dvija-kulādhirāja-sthitiḥ
sa luñcita-tamas-tatir mama śacī-sutākhyaḥ śaśī
vaśī-kṛta-jagan-manāḥ kim api śarma vinyasyatu

", "synonyms": "

nija-praṇayitām — own devotional love; sudhām — the nectar; udayam — appearance; āpnuvan — obtaining; yaḥ — one who; kṣitau — on the surface of the world; kirati — expands; alam — extensively; urī-kṛta — accepted; dvija-kula-adhirāja-sthitiḥ — the situation of the most exalted of the brāhmaṇa community; saḥ — He; luñcita — driven away; tamaḥ — of darkness; tatiḥ — mass; mama — my; śacī-suta-ākhyaḥ — known as Śacīnandana, the son of mother Śacī; śaśī — the moon; vaśī-kṛta — subdued; jagat-manāḥ — the minds of the whole world; kim api — somehow; śarma — auspiciousness; vinyasyatu — let it be bestowed.

", "translation": "

“The moonlike Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as the son of mother Śacī, has now appeared on earth to spread devotional love of Himself. He is the emperor of the brāhmaṇa community. He can drive away all the darkness of ignorance and control the mind of everyone in the world. May that rising moon bestow upon us all good fortune.’ ”

", "purport": "

This is the third verse of Act One of the Lalita-mādhava.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.178", "bengali": "

শুনিয়া প্রভুর যদি অন্তরে উল্লাস ।
বাহিরে কহেন কিছু করি’ রোষাভাস ॥ ১৭৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śuniyā prabhura yadi antare ullāsa
bāhire kahena kichu kari’ roṣābhāsa

", "synonyms": "

śuniyā — hearing this; prabhura — of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; yadi — although; antare — within; ullāsa — great jubilation; bāhire — externally; kahena — says; kichu — something; kari’ — making; roṣa-ābhāsa — as if angry.

", "translation": "

Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was inwardly greatly pleased when He heard this verse, externally He spoke as if angry.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.179", "bengali": "

“কাঁহা তোমার কৃষ্ণরসকাব্য-সুধাসিন্ধু ।
তার মধ্যে মিথ্যা কেনে স্তুতি-ক্ষারবিন্দু” ॥ ১৭৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

“kāṅhā tomāra kṛṣṇa-rasa-kāvya-sudhā-sindhu
tāra madhye mithyā kene stuti-kṣāra-bindu”

", "synonyms": "

kāṅhā — where; tomāra — your; kṛṣṇa-rasa-kāvya — of exalted poetry concerning the mellows of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes; sudhā-sindhu — ocean of the nectar; tāra madhye — within that; mithyā — false; kene — why; stuti — prayer; kṣāra-bindu — like a drop of alkali.

", "translation": "

“Your exalted poetic descriptions of the mellows of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes are like an ocean of nectar. But why have you put in a false prayer about Me? It is like a drop of detestable alkali.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.180", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “রূপের কাব্য অমৃতের পূর ।
তার মধ্যে এক বিন্দু দিয়াছে কর্পূর ।।” ১৮০ ।। ॥ ১৮০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “rūpera kāvya amṛtera pūra
tāra madhye eka bindu diyāche karpūra”

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya says; rūpera kāvya — the poetic expression of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; amṛtera pūra — filled with all nectar; tāra madhye — within that; eka bindu — one drop; diyāche — he has given; karpūra — camphor.

", "translation": "

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya objected, “It is not alkali at all. It is a particle of camphor he has put into the nectar of his exalted poetic expression.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.181", "bengali": "

প্রভু কহে, — “রায়, তোমার ইহাতে উল্লাস ।
শুনিতেই লজ্জা, লোকে করে উপহাস ।।” ১৮১ ।। ॥ ১৮১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prabhu kahe, — “rāya, tomāra ihāte ullāsa
śunitei lajjā, loke kare upahāsa”

", "synonyms": "

prabhu kahe — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says; rāya — Rāmānanda Rāya; tomāra — your; ihāte — in this; ullāsa — jubilation; śunitei — to hear; lajjā — ashamed; loke — the people in general; kare — do; upahāsa — joking.

", "translation": "

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “My dear Rāmānanda Rāya, you are jubilant at hearing these poetic expressions, but I am ashamed to hear them, for people in general will joke about the subject of this verse.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.182", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “লোকের সুখ ইহার শ্রবণে ।
অভীষ্ট-দেবের স্মৃতি মঙ্গলাচরণে ।।” ১৮২ ।। ॥ ১৮২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “lokera sukha ihāra śravaṇe
abhīṣṭa-devera smṛti maṅgalācaraṇe”

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Rāmānanda Rāya says; lokera — of the people in general; sukha — happiness; ihāra śravaṇe — in hearing such poetic expressions; abhīṣṭa-devera — of the worshipable Deity; smṛti — remembrance; maṅgala-ācaraṇe — in the performance of auspiciousness in the beginning.

", "translation": "

Rāmānanda Rāya said, “Instead of joking, people in general will feel great pleasure in hearing such poetry, for the initial remembrance of the worshipable Deity invokes good fortune.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.183", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “কোন্ অঙ্গে পাত্রের প্রবেশ ?” তবে রূপ-গোসাঞি কহে তাহার বিশেষ ॥ ১৮৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “kon aṅge pātrera praveśa?”
tabe rūpa-gosāñi kahe tāhāra viśeṣa

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Rāmānanda Rāya says; kon — what; aṅge — subdivision of style; pātrera praveśa — the entrance of the players; tabe — at that time; rūpa-gosāñi — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; kahe — continues to speak; tāhāra viśeṣa — specifically on this matter.

", "translation": "

Rāmānanda Rāya inquired, “By which subdivision of style do the players enter?” Rūpa Gosvāmī then began to speak specifically about this subject.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.184", "bengali": "

নটতা কিরাতরাজং নিহত্য রঙ্গস্থলে কলানিধিনা ।
সময়ে তেন বিধেয়ং গুণবতি তারাকরগ্রহণম্ ॥ ১৮৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

naṭatā kirāta-rājaṁ nihatya raṅga-sthale kalā-nidhinā
samaye tena vidheyaṁ guṇavati tārā-kara-grahaṇam

", "synonyms": "

naṭatā — dancing on the stage; kirāta-rājam — the ruler of the Kirātas (uncivilized men), Kaṁsa; nihatya — killing; raṅga-sthale — on the stage; kalā-nidhinā — the master of all arts; samaye — at the time; tena — by Him; vidheyam — to be done; guṇa-vati — at the qualified moment; tārā-kara — of the hand of Tārā (Rādhā); grahaṇam — the acceptance.

", "translation": "

“While dancing on the stage after having killed the ruler of uncivilized men [Kaṁsa], Lord Kṛṣṇa, master of all arts, will at the proper time accept the hand of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, who is qualified with all transcendental attributes.”

", "purport": "

This verse is Lalita-mādhava 1.11.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.185", "bengali": "

‘উদ্ঘাত্যক’ নাম এই ‘আমুখ’ — ‘বীথী’ অঙ্গ ।
তোমার আগে কহি — ইহা ধার্ষ্ট্যের তরঙ্গ উদ্ঘাত্যকঃ কথোদ্ঘাতঃ প্রয়োগাতিশয়স্তথা ।
প্রবর্তকাবলগিতে পঞ্চ প্রস্তাবনা-ভিদাঃ ।। ॥ ১৮৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

‘udghātyaka’ nāma ei ‘āmukha’ — ‘vīthī’ aṅga
tomāra āge kahi — ihā dhārṣṭyera taraṅga

", "translation": "

“This introduction is technically called udghātyaka, and the whole scene is called vīthī. You are so expert in dramatic expression that each of my statements before you is like a wave from an ocean of impudence.”

", "purport": "

‘udghātyaka’ nāma — a dancing appearance of the player, technically known as udghātyaka; ei āmukha — this is the introduction; vīthī aṅga — the part is called vīthī; tomāra āge — before you; kahi — I say; ihā — this; dhārṣṭyera taraṅga — a wave of impudence.

In this connection Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura again quotes the following verse from the Sāhitya-darpaṇa (6.288):

udghātyakaḥ kathodghātaḥ prayogātiśayas tathā
pravartakāvalagite pañca prastāvanā-bhidāḥ

Thus the technical names for the five kinds of introductory scenes of the drama are listed as udghātyaka, kathodghāta, prayogātiśaya, pravartaka and avalagita. When Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya inquired which of these five Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī had used to accomplish the technical introduction to his drama Lalita-mādhava, Rūpa Gosvāmī replied that he had used the introduction technically called udghātyaka. According to the Bhāratī-vṛtti, three technical terms used are prarocanā, vīthī and prahasanā. Thus Rūpa Gosvāmī also mentioned vīthī, which is a technical term for a certain type of expression. According to the Sāhitya-darpaṇa (6.520):

vīthyām eko bhaved aṅkaḥ kaścid eko ’tra kalpyate
ākāśa-bhāṣitair uktaiś citrāṁ pratyuktim āśritaḥ

The vīthī beginning of a drama consists of only one scene. In that scene, one of the heroes enters the stage, and by means of opposing statements uttered by a voice from the sky (offstage), he introduces the abundant conjugal mellow and other mellows to some degree. In the course of the introduction, all the seeds of the play are planted. This introduction is called udghātyaka because the player dances on the stage. This term also indicates that the full moon enters the stage. In this case, when the word naṭatā (“dancing on the stage”) is linked with the moon, its meaning is obscure, but because the meaning becomes very clear when the word naṭatā is linked with Kṛṣṇa, this type of introduction is called udghātyaka.

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya used highly technical terms when he discussed this subject with Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Rūpa Gosvāmī stated that Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya was a greatly learned scholar of bona fide dramatic composition. Thus although Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was quite fit to answer Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya’s questions, due to his Vaiṣṇava humility he said that his words were impudent. Actually both Rūpa Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya were scholarly experts in composing poetry and presenting it strictly according to the Sāhitya-darpaṇa and other Vedic literatures.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.186", "bengali": "

“পদানি ত্বগতার্থানি তদর্থগতয়ে নরাঃ ।
যোজয়ন্তি পদৈরন্যৈঃ স উদঘাত্যক উচ্যতে ।।” ১৮৬ ।। ॥ ১৮৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

padāni tv agatārthāni
tad-artha-gataye narāḥ
yojayanti padair anyaiḥ
sa udghātyaka ucyate

", "synonyms": "

padāni — words; tu — but; agata-arthāni — having an unclear meaning; tat — that; artha-gataye — to understand the meaning; narāḥ — men; yojayanti — join; padaiḥ — with words; anyaiḥ — other; saḥ — that; udghātyakaḥ — udghātyaka; ucyate — is called.

", "translation": "

“To explain an unclear word, men generally join it with other words. Such an attempt is called udghātyaka.’ ”

", "purport": "

This verse is quoted from the Sāhitya-darpaṇa (6.289).

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.187", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “কহ আগে অঙ্গের বিশেষ” ।
শ্রীরূপ কহেন কিছু সংক্ষেপ-উদ্দেশ ॥ ১৮৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “kaha āge aṅgera viśeṣa”
śrī-rūpa kahena kichu saṅkṣepa-uddeśa

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya says; kaha — please tell me; āge — further; aṅgera viśeṣa — particular portions; śrī-rūpa kahena — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says; kichu — something; saṅkṣepa — in brief; uddeśa — reference.

", "translation": "

When Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to speak further about various portions of the play, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī briefly quoted his Lalita-mādhava.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.188", "bengali": "

হরিমুদ্দিশতে রজোভরঃ, পুরতঃ সঙ্গময়ত্যমুং তমঃ ।
ব্রজবামদৃশাং ন পদ্ধতিঃ, প্রকটা সর্বদৃশঃ শ্রুতেরপি ॥ ১৮৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

harim uddiśate rajo-bharaḥ
purataḥ saṅgamayaty amuṁ tamaḥ
vraja-vāma-dṛśāṁ na paddhatiḥ
prakaṭā sarva-dṛśaḥ śruter api

", "synonyms": "

harim — Kṛṣṇa; uddiśate — it indicates; rajaḥ-bharaḥ — dust from the cows; purataḥ — in front; saṅgamayati — causes to meet; amum — Kṛṣṇa; tamaḥ — the darkness; vraja-vāma-dṛśām — of the damsels of Vṛndāvana; na — not; paddhatiḥ — the course of activities; prakaṭā — manifested; sarva-dṛśaḥ — who know everything; śruteḥ — of the Vedas; api — as well as.

", "translation": "

“The dust from cows and calves on the road creates a kind of darkness indicating that Kṛṣṇa is returning home from the pasture. Also, the darkness of evening provokes the gopīs to meet Kṛṣṇa. Thus the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs are covered by a kind of transcendental darkness and are therefore impossible for ordinary scholars of the Vedas to see.”

", "purport": "

This verse from the Lalita-mādhava (1.23) is spoken by Paurṇamāsī in a conversation with Gārgī.

Kṛṣṇa states in the Bhagavad-gītā (2.45), trai-guṇya-viṣayā vedā nistrai-guṇyo bhavārjuna. Thus He advised Arjuna to rise above the modes of material nature, for the entire Vedic system is filled with descriptions involving sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa. People are generally covered by the quality of rajo-guṇa and are therefore unable to understand the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa with the gopīs of Vraja. Moreover, the quality of tamo-guṇa further disturbs their understanding. In Vṛndāvana, however, although Kṛṣṇa is covered by the hazy darkness of the dust, the gopīs can nevertheless understand that within the dust storm is Kṛṣṇa. Because they are His topmost devotees, they can perceive His hand in everything. Thus even in the dark or in a hazy storm of dust, devotees can understand what Kṛṣṇa is doing. The purport of this verse is that under no circumstances is Kṛṣṇa ever lost to the vision of exalted devotees like the gopīs.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.189", "bengali": "

হ্রিয়মবগৃহ্য গৃহেভ্যঃ কর্ষতি রাধাং বনায় যা নিপুণা ।
সা জয়তি নিসৃষ্টার্থা বরবংশজকাকলী দূতী ॥ ১৮৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

hriyam avagṛhya gṛhebhyaḥ karṣati rādhāṁ vanāya yā nipuṇā
sā jayati nisṛṣṭārthā vara-vaṁśaja-kākalī dūtī

", "synonyms": "

hriyam — bashfulness; avagṛhya — impeding; gṛhebhyaḥ — from private houses; karṣati — attracts; rādhām — Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; vanāya — to the forest; yā — which; nipuṇā — being expert; sā — that; jayati — let it be glorified; nisṛṣṭa-arthā — authorized; vara-vaṁśa-ja — of the bamboo flute; kākalī — the sweet tone; dūtī — the messenger.

", "translation": "

“May the sweet sound of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s flute, His authorized messenger, be glorified, for it expertly releases Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī from Her shyness and attracts Her from Her home to the forest.”

", "purport": "

This verse from the Lalita-mādhava (1.24) is spoken by Gārgī, the daughter of Garga Muni.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.190", "bengali": "

সহচরি নিরাতঙ্কঃ কোঽয়ং যুবা মুদিরদ্যুতি- র্ব্রজভুবি কুতঃ প্রাপ্তো মাদ্যন্মতঙ্গজবিভ্রমঃ ।
অহহ চটুলৈরুৎসর্পদ্ভির্দৃগঞ্চলতস্করৈ- র্মম ধৃতিধনং চেতঃকোষাদ্বিলুণ্ঠয়তীহ যঃ ॥ ১৯০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

saha-cari nirātaṅkaḥ ko ’yaṁ yuvā mudira-dyutir
vraja-bhuvi kutaḥ prāpto mādyan mataṅ-gaja-vibhramaḥ
ahaha caṭulair utsarpadbhir dṛg-añcala-taskarair
mama dhṛti-dhanaṁ cetaḥ-koṣād viluṇṭhayatīha yaḥ

", "synonyms": "

saha-cari — O My dear friend; nirātaṅkaḥ — without fear; kaḥ — who; ayam — this; yuvā — young man; mudira-dyutiḥ — as effulgent as a lightning cloud; vraja-bhuvi — in the land of Vraja, Vṛndāvana; kutaḥ — from where; prāptaḥ — obtained; mādyan — being intoxicated; matam-gaja — like an elephant; vibhramaḥ — whose pastimes; ahaha — alas; caṭulaiḥ — very unsteady; utsarpadbhiḥ — with wanderings in all directions; dṛk-añcala-taskaraiḥ — by the glances of His eyes like thieves; mama — My; dhṛti-dhanam — the treasure of My patience; cetaḥ — of the heart; koṣāt — from the core; viluṇṭhayati — plunders; iha — here in Vṛndāvana; yaḥ — the person who.

", "translation": "

“My dear friend, who is this fearless young man? He is as bright as a lightning cloud, and He wanders in His pastimes like a maddened elephant. From where has He come to Vṛndāvana? Alas, by His restless movements and attractive glances He is plundering from the vault of My heart the treasure of My patience.”

", "purport": "

This verse (Lalita-mādhava 2.11) is spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to Her friend Lalitādevī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.191", "bengali": "

বিহারসুরদীর্ঘিকা মম মনঃকরীন্দ্রস্য যা বিলোচন-চকোরয়োঃ শরদমন্দচন্দ্রপ্রভা ।
উরোঽম্বরতটস্য চাভরণচারুতারাবলী ময়োন্নতমনোরথৈরিয়মলম্ভি সা রাধিকা ।।” ১৯১ ।। ॥ ১৯১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

vihāra-sura-dīrghikā mama manaḥ-karīndrasya yā
vilocana-cakorayoḥ śarad-amanda-candra-prabhā
uro ’mbara-taṭasya cābharaṇa-cāru-tārāvalī
mayonnata-manorathair iyam alambhi sā rādhikā”

", "synonyms": "

vihāra-sura-dīrghikā — the Ganges flowing in the heavenly planets; mama — My; manaḥ-kari-indrasya — of the elephantlike mind; yā — She who; vilocana — glancing; cakorayoḥ — of My two eyes, which are like cakora birds; śarat-amanda-candra-prabhā — like the shine of the full moon in the autumn; uraḥ — of My chest; ambara — like the sky; taṭasya — on the edge; ca — also; ābharaṇa — ornaments; cāru — beautiful; tārā-āvalī — like the stars; mayā — by Me; unnata — highly elevated; manaḥ-rathaiḥ — by mental desires; iyam — this; alambhi — attained; sā — She; rādhikā — Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

", "translation": "

“Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the Ganges in which the elephant of My mind enjoys pastimes. She is the shining of the full autumn moon for the cakora birds of My eyes. She is the dazzling ornament, the bright and beautiful arrangement of stars, on the border of the sky of My chest. Now today I have gained Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī because of the highly elevated state of My mind.’ ”

", "purport": "

This verse from the Lalita-mādhava (2.10) expresses the thoughts of Lord Kṛṣṇa in relation with Rādhārāṇī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.192", "bengali": "

এত শুনি’ রায় কহে প্রভুর চরণে ।
রূপের কবিত্ব প্রশংসি’ সহস্র-বদনে ॥ ১৯২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

eta śuni’ rāya kahe prabhura caraṇe
rūpera kavitva praśaṁsi’ sahasra-vadane

", "synonyms": "

eta śuni’ — hearing this; rāya — Rāmānanda Rāya; kahe — says; prabhura caraṇe — at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; rūpera — of Rūpa Gosvāmī; kavitva — poetic art; praśaṁsi’ — glorifying; sahasra-vadane — as if with a thousand mouths.

", "translation": "

After hearing this, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya submitted at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu the superexcellence of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s poetic expression and began to praise it as if he had thousands of mouths.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.193", "bengali": "

“কবিত্ব না হয় এই অমৃতের ধার ।
নাটক লক্ষণ সব সিদ্ধান্তের সার ॥ ১৯৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

“kavitva nā haya ei amṛtera dhāra
nāṭaka-lakṣaṇa saba siddhāntera sāra

", "synonyms": "

kavitva — poetic art; nā haya — is not; ei — this; amṛtera dhāra — constant shower of nectar; nāṭaka — a drama; lakṣaṇa — appearing as; saba — all; siddhāntera sāra — essences of ultimate realization.

", "translation": "

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya said, “This is not a poetic presentation; it is a continuous shower of nectar. Indeed, it is the essence of all ultimate realizations, appearing in the form of plays.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.194", "bengali": "

প্রেম-পরিপাটী এই অদ্ভুত বর্ণন ।
শুনি’ চিত্ত-কর্ণের হয় আনন্দ-ঘূর্ণন ॥ ১৯৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prema-paripāṭī ei adbhuta varṇana
śuni’ citta-karṇera haya ānanda-ghūrṇana

", "synonyms": "

prema-paripāṭī — a first-class arrangement to express loving affairs; ei — this; adbhuta varṇana — wonderful description; śuni’ — hearing; citta-karṇera — of the heart and the ear; haya — there is; ānanda-ghūrṇana — a whirlpool of transcendental bliss.

", "translation": "

“The wonderful descriptions of Rūpa Gosvāmī are superb arrangements to express loving affairs. Hearing them will plunge the heart and ears of everyone into a whirlpool of transcendental bliss.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.195", "bengali": "

“কিং কাব্যেন কবেস্তস্য কিং কাণ্ডেন ধনুষ্মতঃ ।
পরস্য হৃদয়ে লগ্নং ন ঘূর্ণয়তি যচ্ছিরঃ ।।” ১৯৫ ।। ॥ ১৯৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

kiṁ kāvyena kaves tasya
kiṁ kāṇḍena dhanuṣ-mataḥ
parasya hṛdaye lagnaṁ
na ghūrṇayati yac chiraḥ

", "synonyms": "

kim — what use; kāvyena — with poetry; kaveḥ — of the poet; tasya — that; kim — what use; kāṇḍena — with the arrow; dhanuḥ-mataḥ — of the bowman; parasya — of another; hṛdaye — in the heart; lagnam — penetrating; na ghūrṇayati — does not cause to roll about; yat — which; śiraḥ — the head.

", "translation": "

“What is the use of a bowman’s arrow or a poet’s poetry if they penetrate the heart but do not cause the head to spin?”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.196", "bengali": "

তোমার শক্তি বিনা জীবের নহে এই বাণী ।
তুমি শক্তি দিয়া কহাও, — হেন অনুমানি ।।” ১৯৬ ।। ॥ ১৯৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

tomāra śakti vinā jīvera nahe ei vāṇī
tumi śakti diyā kahāo, — hena anumāni”

", "synonyms": "

tomāra śakti vinā — without Your special power; jīvera — of an ordinary living being; nahe — there is not; ei vāṇī — these words; tumi — You; śakti diyā — giving power; kahāo — make him say; hena — such; anumāni — I guess.

", "translation": "

“Without Your mercy such poetic expressions would be impossible for an ordinary living being to write. My guess is that You have given him the power.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.197", "bengali": "

প্রভু কহে, — “প্রয়াগে ইহার হইল মিলন ।
ইহার গুণে ইহাতে আমার তুষ্ট হৈল মন ॥ ১৯৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prabhu kahe, — “prayāge ihāra ha-ila milana
ihāra guṇe ihāte āmāra tuṣṭa haila mana

", "synonyms": "

prabhu kahe — Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says; prayāge — at Prayāga; ihāra — of him; ha-ila — there was; milana — meeting; ihāra guṇe — by his transcendental qualities; ihāte — in him; āmāra — of Me; tuṣṭa — satisfied; haila — became; mana — the mind.

", "translation": "

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “I met Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī at Prayāga. He attracted and satisfied Me because of his qualities.”

", "purport": "

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is not partial to some and neutral to others. One can actually draw the attention of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by service. Then one is further empowered by the Lord to act in such a way that everyone can appreciate his service. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.11): ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham. Kṛṣṇa is responsive. If one tries to render his best service to the Lord, the Lord gives him the power to do so. Kṛṣṇa also says in the Bhagavad-gītā (10.10):

teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam
dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te

“To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.” Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestowed His special favor upon Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī because Rūpa Gosvāmī wanted to serve the Lord to the best of his ability. Such is the reciprocation between the devotee and the Lord in the discharge of devotional duties.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.198", "bengali": "

মধুর প্রসন্ন ইহার কাব্য সালঙ্কার ।
ঐছে কবিত্ব বিনু নহে রসের প্রচার ॥ ১৯৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

madhura prasanna ihāra kāvya sālaṅkāra
aiche kavitva vinu nahe rasera pracāra

", "synonyms": "

madhura — sweet; prasanna — pleasing; ihāra — his; kāvya — poetry; sa-alaṅkāra — with metaphors and other ornaments; aiche — such as that; kavitva — poetic qualifications; vinu — without; nahe — there is not; rasera — of mellows; pracāra — preaching.

", "translation": "

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu praised the metaphors and other literary ornaments of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s transcendental poetry. Without such poetic attributes, He said, there is no possibility of preaching transcendental mellows.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.199", "bengali": "

সবে কৃপা করি’ ইঁহারে দেহ’ এই বর ।
ব্রজলীলা-প্রেমরস যেন বর্ণে নিরন্তর ॥ ১৯৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

sabe kṛpā kari’ iṅhāre deha’ ei vara
vraja-līlā-prema-rasa yena varṇe nirantara

", "synonyms": "

sabe — all of you; kṛpā kari’ — showing your mercy; iṅhāre — unto Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; deha’ — give; ei vara — this benediction; vraja-līlā-prema-rasa — the transcendental mellows of the pastimes of Vṛndāvana; yena — so that; varṇe — he can describe; nirantara — without cessation.

", "translation": "

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested all His personal associates to bless Rūpa Gosvāmī so that he might continuously describe the pastimes of Vṛndāvana, which are full of emotional love of Godhead.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.200", "bengali": "

ইঁহার যে জ্যেষ্ঠভ্রাতা, নাম — ‘সনাতন’ ।
পৃথিবীতে বিজ্ঞবর নাহি তাঁর সম ॥ ২০০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

iṅhāra ye jyeṣṭha-bhrātā, nāma — ‘sanātana’
pṛthivīte vijña-vara nāhi tāṅra sama

", "synonyms": "

iṅhāra — of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; ye — who; jyeṣṭha-bhrātā — the elder brother; nāma — named; sanātana — Sanātana Gosvāmī; pṛthivīte — on the surface of the world; vijña-vara — most learned; nāhi — there is none; tāṅra sama — equal to him.

", "translation": "

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s elder brother, whose name is Sanātana Gosvāmī, is such a wise and learned scholar that no one is equal to him.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.201", "bengali": "

তোমার যৈছে বিষয়ত্যাগ, তৈছে তাঁর রীতি ।
দৈন্য-বৈরাগ্য-পাণ্ডিত্যের তাঁহাতেই স্থিতি ॥ ২০১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

tomāra yaiche viṣaya-tyāga, taiche tāṅra rīti
dainya-vairāgya-pāṇḍityera tāṅhātei sthiti

", "synonyms": "

tomāra — your; yaiche — just as; viṣaya-tyāga — renunciation of material connections; taiche — similarly; tāṅra rīti — his manner of activity; dainya — humbleness; vairāgya — renunciation; pāṇḍityera — of learned scholarship; tāṅhātei — in him; sthiti — existing.

", "translation": "

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Rāmānanda Rāya, “Sanātana Gosvāmī’s renunciation of material connections is just like yours. Humility, renunciation and excellent learning exist in him simultaneously.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.202", "bengali": "

এই দুই ভাইয়ে আমি পাঠাইলুঁ বৃন্দাবনে ।
শক্তি দিয়া ভক্তিশাস্ত্র করিতে প্রবর্তনে ॥ ২০২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

ei dui bhāiye āmi pāṭhāiluṅ vṛndāvane
śakti diyā bhakti-śāstra karite pravartane

", "synonyms": "

ei — these; dui — two; bhāiye — brothers; āmi — I; pāṭhāiluṅ — sent; vṛndāvane — to Vṛndāvana; śakti diyā — empowering them; bhakti-śāstra — transcendental literature regarding devotional service; karite — to do; pravartane — establishing.

", "translation": "

“I empowered both of these brothers to go to Vṛndāvana to expand the literature of bhakti.”

", "purport": "

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu informed Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya that he and Sanātana Gosvāmī had engaged equally in devotional service after giving up all relationships with material activity. Such renunciation is a symptom of an unalloyed devotee engaged in the service of the Lord with no tinge of material contamination. According to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, this is the position of tṛṇād api su-nīcena taror iva sahiṣṇunā. A pure devotee, free from the reactions of the material modes of nature, executes devotional service with tolerance like that of a tree. He also feels humbler than the grass. Such a devotee, who is called niṣkiñcana, or free from all material possessions, is always absorbed in emotional love of Godhead. He is reluctant to perform any kind of sense gratification. In other words, such a devotee is free from all material bondage, but he engages in Kṛṣṇa conscious activities. Such expert devotional service is performed without hypocrisy. Humility, renunciation and learned scholarship were combined in Sanātana Gosvāmī, the ideal pure devotee, who was on the same level of understanding as Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya. Like Rāmānanda Rāya, Sanātana Gosvāmī was a fully cognizant expert in the conclusions of devotional service and was therefore able to describe such transcendental knowledge.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.203", "bengali": "

রায় কহে, — “ঈশ্বর তুমি যে চাহ করিতে ।
কাষ্ঠের পুতলী তুমি পার নাচাইতে ॥ ২০৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

rāya kahe, — “īśvara tumi ye cāha karite
kāṣṭhera putalī tumi pāra nācāite

", "synonyms": "

rāya kahe — Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya says; īśvara tumi — You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ye — whatever; cāha — You want; karite — to do; kāṣṭhera — of wood; putalī — a doll; tumi — You; pāra — are able; nācāite — to make dance.

", "translation": "

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya replied to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “My Lord, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If You like, You can cause even a wooden doll to dance.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.204", "bengali": "

মোর মুখে যে সব রস করিলা প্রচারণে ।
সেই রস দেখি এই ইহার লিখনে ॥ ২০৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

mora mukhe ye saba rasa karilā pracāraṇe
sei rasa dekhi ei ihāra likhane

", "synonyms": "

mora mukhe — through my mouth; ye — whatever; saba rasa — all such transcendental mellows; karilā — You did; pracāraṇe — preaching; sei rasa — those same transcendental mellows; dekhi — I see; ei — this; ihāra likhane — in the writing of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

", "translation": "

“I see that the truths regarding transcendental mellows that You expounded through my mouth are all explained in the writings of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.205", "bengali": "

ভক্তে কৃপা-হেতু প্রকাশিতে চাহ ব্রজ-রস ।
যারে করাও, সেই করিবে জগৎ তোমার বশ ॥ ২০৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

bhakte kṛpā-hetu prakāśite cāha vraja-rasa
yāre karāo, sei karibe jagat tomāra vaśa”

", "synonyms": "

bhakte — unto the devotees; kṛpā-hetu — because of mercy; prakāśite — to show; cāha — You want; vraja-rasa — the transcendental mellows in Vṛndāvana; yāre — whomever; karāo — You may empower; sei — he; karibe — will make; jagat — the whole world; tomāra vaśa — under Your control.

", "translation": "

“Because of Your causeless mercy toward Your devotees, You want to describe the transcendental pastimes in Vṛndāvana. Anyone empowered to do this can bring the entire world under Your influence.”

", "purport": "

This passage parallels the statement kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana, which means that unless empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, one cannot spread the holy name of the Lord throughout the entire world (Cc. Antya 7.11). Under the protection of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a pure devotee can preach the holy name of the Lord so that everyone may take advantage of this facility and thus become Kṛṣṇa conscious.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.206", "bengali": "

তবে মহাপ্রভু কৈলা রূপে আলিঙ্গন ।
তাঁরে করাইলা সবার চরণ বন্দন ॥ ২০৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

tabe mahāprabhu kailā rūpe āliṅgana
tāṅre karāilā sabāra caraṇa vandana

", "synonyms": "

tabe — at that time; mahāprabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kailā — did; rūpe — unto Rūpa Gosvāmī; āliṅgana — embracing; tāṅre — him; karāilā — induced to do; sabāra — of all of them; caraṇa vandana — worshiping the lotus feet.

", "translation": "

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then embraced Rūpa Gosvāmī and asked him to offer prayers at the lotus feet of all the devotees present.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.207", "bengali": "

অদ্বৈত-নিত্যানন্দাদি সব ভক্তগণ ।
কৃপা করি’ রূপে সবে কৈলা আলিঙ্গন ॥ ২০৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

advaita-nityānandādi saba bhakta-gaṇa
kṛpā kari’ rūpe sabe kailā āliṅgana

", "synonyms": "

advaita — Advaita Ācārya; nityānanda-ādi — Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and others; saba — all; bhakta-gaṇa — personal devotees; kṛpā kari’ — being very merciful; rūpe — unto Rūpa Gosvāmī; sabe — all of them; kailā āliṅgana — embraced.

", "translation": "

Advaita Ācārya, Nityānanda Prabhu and all the other devotees showed their causeless mercy to Rūpa Gosvāmī by embracing him in return.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.208", "bengali": "

প্রভু-কৃপা রূপে, আর রূপের সদ্গুণ ।
দেখি’ চমৎকার হৈল সবাকার মন ॥ ২০৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prabhu-kṛpā rūpe, āra rūpera sad-guṇa
dekhi’ camatkāra haila sabākāra mana

", "synonyms": "

prabhu-kṛpā — Lord Caitanya’s mercy; rūpe — upon Rūpa Gosvāmī; āra — and; rūpera sat-guṇa — the transcendental qualities of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; dekhi’ — seeing; camatkāra haila — there was astonishment; sabākāra — of all of them; mana — in the minds.

", "translation": "

Seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s special mercy toward Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and seeing his personal qualities, all the devotees were struck with wonder.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.209", "bengali": "

তবে মহাপ্রভু সব ভক্ত লঞা গেলা ।
হরিদাস-ঠাকুর রূপে আলিঙ্গন কৈলা ॥ ২০৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

tabe mahāprabhu saba bhakta lañā gelā
haridāsa-ṭhākura rūpe āliṅgana kailā

", "synonyms": "

tabe — at that time; mahāprabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; saba — all; bhakta — devotees; lañā — with; gelā — departed from the place; haridāsa-ṭhākura — Haridāsa Ṭhākura; rūpe — Rūpa Gosvāmī; āliṅgana kailā — embraced.

", "translation": "

Then, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left with all of His devotees, Haridāsa Ṭhākura also embraced Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.210", "bengali": "

হরিদাস কহে, — “তোমার ভাগ্যের নাহি সীমা ।
যে সব বর্ণিলা, ইহার কে জানে মহিমা ?” ২১০ ।। ॥ ২১০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

haridāsa kahe, — “tomāra bhāgyera nāhi sīmā
ye saba varṇilā, ihāra ke jāne mahimā?”

", "synonyms": "

haridāsa kahe — Haridāsa Ṭhākura says; tomāra — your; bhāgyera — of fortune; nāhi sīmā — there is no limit; ye — whatever; saba — all; varṇilā — you have described; ihāra — of this; ke jāne — who can understand; mahimā — the glories.

", "translation": "

Haridāsa Ṭhākura told him, “There is no limit to your good fortune. No one can understand the glories of what you have described.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.211", "bengali": "

শ্রীরূপ কহেন, — “আমি কিছুই না জানি ।
যেই মহাপ্রভু কহান, সেই কহি বাণী ।।” ২১১ ।। ॥ ২১১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śrī-rūpa kahena, — “āmi kichui nā jāni
yei mahāprabhu kahāna, sei kahi vāṇī”

", "synonyms": "

śrī-rūpa kahena — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī replies; āmi — I; kichui — anything; nā jāni — do not know; yei — whatever; mahāprabhu kahāna — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu makes me say or write; sei — that; kahi — I speak; vāṇī — transcendental words.

", "translation": "

Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī said, “I do not know anything. The only transcendental words I can utter are those which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu makes me speak.”

", "purport": "

The poet or writer dealing with transcendental subject matters is not an ordinary writer or translator. Because he is empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whatever he writes becomes very effective. The principle of being empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead is essential. A materialistic poet who describes in his poetry the material activities of men and women cannot describe the transcendental pastimes of the Lord or the transcendental conclusions of devotional service. Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī has therefore warned all neophyte devotees that one should not hear from the mouth of a non-Vaiṣṇava:

avaiṣṇava-mukhodgīrṇaṁ pūtaṁ hari-kathāmṛtam
śravaṇaṁ naiva kartavyaṁ sarpocchiṣṭaṁ yathā payaḥ

(Padma Purāṇa)

“One should not hear anything about Kṛṣṇa from a non-Vaiṣṇava. Milk touched by the lips of a serpent has poisonous effects; similarly, talks about Kṛṣṇa given by a non-Vaiṣṇava are also poisonous.”

Unless one is a fully unalloyed devotee of the Lord, one should not try to describe the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa in poetry, for it will be only mundane. There are many descriptions of Kṛṣṇa’s Bhagavad-gītā written by persons whose consciousness is mundane and who are not qualified by pure devotion. Although they attempted to write transcendental literature, they could not fully engage even a single devotee in Kṛṣṇa’s service. Such literature is mundane, and therefore, as warned by Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, one should not touch it.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.212", "bengali": "

হৃদি যস্য প্রেরণয়া প্রবর্তিতোঽহং বরাকরূপোঽপি ।
তস্য হরেঃ পদকমলং বন্দে চৈতন্যদেবস্য ॥ ২১২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

hṛdi yasya preraṇayā pravartito ’haṁ varāka-rūpo ’pi
tasya hareḥ pada-kamalaṁ vande caitanya-devasya

", "synonyms": "

hṛdi — within the heart; yasya — of whom (the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who gives His pure devotees the intelligence to spread the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement); preraṇayā — by the inspiration; pravartitaḥ — engaged; aham — I; varāka — insignificant and low; rūpaḥ — Rūpa Gosvāmī; api — although; tasya — of Him; hareḥ — of Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pada-kamalam — to the lotus feet; vande — let me offer my prayers; caitanya-devasya — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

", "translation": "

“Although I am the lowest of men and have no knowledge, the Lord has mercifully bestowed upon me the inspiration to write transcendental literature about devotional service. Therefore I offer my obeisances at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has given me the chance to write these books.”

", "purport": "

This verse is from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.1.2).

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.213", "bengali": "

এইমত দুইজন কৃষ্ণকথারঙ্গে ।
সুখে কাল গোঙায় রূপ হরিদাস-সঙ্গে ॥ ২১৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

ei-mata dui-jana kṛṣṇa-kathā-raṅge
sukhe kāla goṅāya rūpa haridāsa-saṅge

", "synonyms": "

ei-mata — in this way; dui-jana — Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; kṛṣṇa-kathā-raṅge — in the pleasure of discussing topics about Kṛṣṇa; sukhe — in happiness; kāla — time; goṅāya — passes; rūpa — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; haridāsa-saṅge — in the company of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.

", "translation": "

In this way Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī passed his time in close association with Haridāsa Ṭhākura by discussing the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa in great happiness.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.214", "bengali": "

চারি মাস রহি’ সব প্রভুর ভক্তগণ ।
গোসাঞি বিদায় দিলা, গৌড়ে করিলা গমন ॥ ২১৪ ॥

", "transliteration": "

cāri māsa rahi’ saba prabhura bhakta-gaṇa
gosāñi vidāya dilā, gauḍe karilā gamana

", "synonyms": "

cāri māsa — four months; rahi’ — staying; saba — all; prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; bhakta-gaṇa — the devotees; gosāñi — Caitanya Mahāprabhu; vidāya dilā — bade farewell; gauḍe — to Bengal; karilā gamana — they returned.

", "translation": "

All the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu thus spent four months with Him. Then the Lord bade them farewell, and they returned to Bengal.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.215", "bengali": "

শ্রীরূপ প্রভুপদে নীলাচলে রহিলা ।
দোলযাত্রা প্রভুসঙ্গে আনন্দে দেখিলা ॥ ২১৫ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śrī-rūpa prabhu-pade nīlācale rahilā
dola-yātrā prabhu-saṅge ānande dekhilā

", "synonyms": "

śrī-rūpa — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; prabhu-pade — at the feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; nīlācale — at Jagannātha Purī; rahilā — remained; dola-yātrā — the festival of Dola-yātrā; prabhu-saṅge — with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ānande — in great happiness; dekhilā — saw.

", "translation": "

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, however, stayed at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and when the Dola-yātrā festival took place, he saw it in great happiness with the Lord.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.216", "bengali": "

দোল অনন্তরে প্রভু রূপে বিদায় দিলা ।
অনেক প্রসাদ করি’ শক্তি সঞ্চারিলা ॥ ২১৬ ॥

", "transliteration": "

dola anantare prabhu rūpe vidāya dilā
aneka prasāda kari’ śakti sañcārilā

", "synonyms": "

dola anantare — after the Dola-yātrā; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; rūpe — unto Rūpa Gosvāmī; vidāya dilā — bade farewell; aneka prasāda kari’ — endowing with all kinds of mercy; śakti sañcārilā — empowered him.

", "translation": "

After the Dola-yātrā festival ended, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bade farewell to Rūpa Gosvāmī also. The Lord empowered him and bestowed upon him all kinds of mercy.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.217", "bengali": "

“বৃন্দাবনে যাহ’ তুমি, রহিহ বৃন্দাবনে ।
একবার ইহাঁ পাঠাইহ সনাতনে ॥ ২১৭ ॥

", "transliteration": "

“vṛndāvane yāha’ tumi, rahiha vṛndāvane
ekabāra ihāṅ pāṭhāiha sanātane

", "synonyms": "

vṛndāvane — to Vṛndāvana; yāha’ — now go; tumi — you; rahiha — stay; vṛndāvane — in Vṛndāvana; eka-bāra — once; ihāṅ — here; pāṭhāiha — send; sanātane — your elder brother, Sanātana Gosvāmī.

", "translation": "

“Now go to Vṛndāvana and stay there,” the Lord said. “You may send here your elder brother, Sanātana.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.218", "bengali": "

ব্রজে যাই রসশাস্ত্র করিহ নিরূপণ ।
লুপ্ত-তীর্থ সব তাহাঁ করিহ প্রচারণ ॥ ২১৮ ॥

", "transliteration": "

vraje yāi rasa-śāstra kariha nirūpaṇa
lupta-tīrtha saba tāhāṅ kariha pracāraṇa

", "synonyms": "

vraje yāi — going to Vṛndāvana; rasa-śāstra — all the transcendental literature concerning the pastimes of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; kariha nirūpaṇa — write carefully; lupta-tīrtha — the lost holy places; saba — all; tāhāṅ — there; kariha pracāraṇa — make known.

", "translation": "

“When you go to Vṛndāvana, stay there, preach transcendental literature and excavate the lost holy places.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.219", "bengali": "

কৃষ্ণসেবা, রসভক্তি করিহ প্রচার ।
আমিহ দেখিতে তাহাঁ যাইমু একবার ।।” ২১৯ ।। ॥ ২১৯ ॥

", "transliteration": "

kṛṣṇa-sevā, rasa-bhakti kariha pracāra
āmiha dekhite tāhāṅ yāimu ekabāra”

", "synonyms": "

kṛṣṇa-sevā — the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa; rasa-bhakti — devotional service; kariha pracāra — preach; āmiha — I also; dekhite — to see; tāhāṅ — there to Vṛndāvana; yāimu — I shall go; eka-bāra — once more.

", "translation": "

“Establish the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa and preach the mellows of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s devotional service. I shall also go to Vṛndāvana once more.”

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.220", "bengali": "

এত বলি’ প্রভু তাঁরে কৈলা আলিঙ্গন ।
রূপ গোসাঞি শিরে ধরে প্রভুর চরণ ॥ ২২০ ॥

", "transliteration": "

eta bali’ prabhu tāṅre kailā āliṅgana
rūpa gosāñi śire dhare prabhura caraṇa

", "synonyms": "

eta bali’ — saying this; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; tāṅre — unto Rūpa Gosvāmī; kailā āliṅgana — embraced; rūpa gosāñi — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; śire — on the head; dhare — takes; prabhura caraṇa — the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

", "translation": "

Having thus spoken, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced Rūpa Gosvāmī, who then placed the lotus feet of the Lord upon his head.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.221", "bengali": "

প্রভুর ভক্তগণ-পাশে বিদায় লইলা ।। পুনরপি গৌড়-পথে বৃন্দাবনে আইলা ॥ ২২১ ॥

", "transliteration": "

prabhura bhakta-gaṇa-pāśe vidāya la-ilā
punarapi gauḍa-pathe vṛndāvane āilā

", "synonyms": "

prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; bhakta-gaṇa-pāśe — from the devotees; vidāya la-ilā — took leave; punarapi — again; gauḍa-pathe — by the way through Bengal; vṛndāvane — to Vṛndāvana; āilā — returned.

", "translation": "

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī took leave of all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and returned to Vṛndāvana by the path through Bengal.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.222", "bengali": "

এই ত’ কহিলাঙ পুনঃ রূপের মিলন ।
ইহা যেই শুনে, পায় চৈতন্যচরণ ॥ ২২২ ॥

", "transliteration": "

ei ta’ kahilāṅa punaḥ rūpera milana
ihā yei śune, pāya caitanya-caraṇa

", "synonyms": "

ei ta’ kahilāṅa — thus I have said; punaḥ — again; rūpera milana — the meeting with Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; ihā — this narration; yei śune — anyone who hears; pāya — gets; caitanya-caraṇa — the shelter of the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

", "translation": "

Thus I have described the second meeting of Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Anyone who hears of this incident will certainly attain shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

" }, { "verse_number": "CC Antya 1.223", "bengali": "

শ্রীরূপ-রঘুনাথ-পদে যার আশ ।
চৈতন্যচরিতামৃত কহে কৃষ্ণদাস ॥ ২২৩ ॥

", "transliteration": "

śrī-rūpa-raghunātha-pade yāra āśa
caitanya-caritāmṛta kahe kṛṣṇadāsa

", "synonyms": "

śrī-rūpa — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; raghunātha — Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī; pade — at the lotus feet; yāra — whose; āśa — expectation; caitanya-caritāmṛta — the book named Caitanya-caritāmṛta; kahe — describes; kṛṣṇadāsa — Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī.

", "translation": "

Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.

", "purport": "

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, first chapter, describing the second meeting of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

" } ] }

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