Text 66]
Rāmānanda Rāya Instructs Pradyumna Miśra
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TRANSLATION
He began personally posing questions and then answering them with conclusive statements. When afternoon came, the topics still did not end.
TEXT 65
বক্তা শ্রোতা কহে শুনে দুঁহে প্রেমাবেশে । আত্মস্মৃতি নাহি, কাহাঁ জানিব দিন-শেষে ॥ ৬৫ ॥
vaktā śrotā kahe śune duṅhe premāveśe ātma-smṛti nāhi, kāhāṅ jāniba dina-śeṣe
SYNONYMS
vaktā —the speaker;  śrotā —the listener;  kahe —speaks;  śune —hears;  duṅhe —both of them;  prema-āveśe —in ecstatic love;  ātma-smṛti nāhi —there was no bodily consciousness;  kāhāṅ —where;  jāniba —can understand;  dina-śeṣe —the end of day.
TRANSLATION
The speaker and listener spoke and heard in ecstatic love. Thus they forgot their bodily consciousness. How, then, could they perceive the end of the day?
TEXT 66
সেবক কহিল,—‘দিন হৈল অবসান’ । তবে রায় কৃষ্ণকথার করিলা বিশ্রাম ॥ ৬৬ ॥
sevaka kahila,—‘dina haila avasāna’ tabe rāya kṛṣṇa-kathāra karilā viśrāma
SYNONYMS
sevaka kahila —the servant informed;  dina —the day;  haila avasāna —has ended;  tabe —at that time;  rāya —Rāmānanda Rāya;  kṛṣṇa-kathāra —the talks of Kṛṣṇa;  karilā viśrāma —ended.
TRANSLATION
The servant informed them, “The day has already ended.” Then Rāmānanda Rāya ended his discourses about Kṛṣṇa.