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Rūpa Gosvāmī's Meeting with the Lord
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TEXT 179
“काँहा तेषामार कुक्करसकावाय-सूधासिक्तु । तार मध्ये मिथ्या केने सुति-क्कारविम्मू” ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
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 detestful alkali.”
TEXT 180
राय कहे,—“রূপের কাব্য অমৃতের পূর । তার মধ্যে এক বিন্দু দিয়াছে কর্পূর ॥”১৮০ ॥
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.”
TEXT 181
প্রভু কহে,—“রায়, তোমার ইহাতে উল্লাস । শুনিতেই লজ্জা, লোকে করে উপহাস ॥”১৮১ ॥