Text 103]
Rāmānanda Rāya Instructs Pradyumna Miśra
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SYNONYMS
svarūpa kahe —Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī said;  tumi —you;  gopa —cowherd boy;  parama-udāra —very liberal;  ye-se śāstra —anything written as scripture;  śunite —to hear;  icchā —desire;  upaje —awakens;  tomāra —of you.
TRANSLATION
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī replied, “Dear Bhagavān Ācārya, you are a very liberal cowherd boy. Sometimes the desire awakens within you to hear any kind of poetry.
TEXT 102
‘যদ্বা-তদ্বা’ কবির বাক্যে হয় ‘রসাভাস’।
সিদ্ধান্তবিরুদ্ধ শুনিতে না হয় উল্লাস ॥ ১০২ ॥
‘yadvā-tadvā’ kavira vākye haya ‘rasābhāsa’ siddhānta-viruddha śunite nā haya ullāsa
SYNONYMS
yadvā-tadvā kavira —of any so-called poet;  vākye —in the words;  haya —there is;  rasa-ābhāsa —overlapping of transcendental mellows;  siddhānta-viruddha —against the conclusive understanding;  śunite —to hear;  nā —not;  haya —there is;  ullāsa —joy.
TRANSLATION
“In the writings of so-called poets there is generally a possibility of overlapping transcendental mellows. When the mellows thus go against the conclusive understanding, no one likes to hear such poetry.
PURPORT
Yadvā-tadvā kavi  refers to anyone who writes poetry without knowledge of how to do so. Writing poetry, especially poetry concerning the Vaiṣṇava conclusion, is very difficult. If one writes poetry without proper knowledge, there is every possibility that the mellows will overlap. When this occurs, no learned or advanced Vaiṣṇava will like to hear it.
TEXT 103
‘রস’, ‘রসাভাস’ যার নাহিক বিচার।
ভক্তিসিদ্ধান্ত-সিদ্ধ নাহি পায় পার ॥ ১০৩ ॥
‘rasa’, ‘rasābhāsa’ yāra nāhika vicāra bhakti-siddhānta-sindhu nāhi pāya pāra