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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 1]
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.
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হরিমৃদ্দিশতে রজোভরঃ, পুরতঃ সঙ্গময়ত্যমুং তমঃ ।
ব্রজবামদৃশাং ন পদ্ধতিঃ, প্রকটা সর্বদৃশঃ শ্রুতেরপি ॥ ১৮৮॥
harim uddiśate rajo-bharaḥ purataḥ saṅgamayaty amuṁ tamaḥ vrajavāma-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;  vrajavāma-dṛśāṁ —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 stated in  Bhagavad-gītā ,  traiguṇya-viṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo 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