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Rūpa Gosvāmī's Meeting with the Lord
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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.
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রায় কহে,—“ঈশ্বর তুমি যে চাহ করিতে। কাণ্ঠের পুতলী তুমি পার নাচাইতে ॥ ২০৩ ॥
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.
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মোর মুখে যে সব রস করিলা প্রচারণে। সেই রস দেখি এই ইহার লিখনে ॥ ২০৪ ॥
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.