Text 107]
Rāmānanda Rāya Instructs Pradyumna Miśra
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TEXT 106
कृष्णलीला, गोरलीला से करे वर्ण । गोर-पादपद्म यार हर आग-धन ॥ ১०৬ ॥
kṛṣṇa-līlā, gaura-līlā se kare varṇana gaura-pāda-padma yāṅra haya prāṇa-dhana
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa-līlā —the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  gaura-līlā —the pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  se —he;  kare varṇana —describes;  gaura-pāda-padma —the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  yāṅra —whose;  haya —is;  prāṇa-dhana —the life and soul.
TRANSLATION
“One who has accepted the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as his life and soul can describe the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa or the pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
TEXT 107
आम्य-कविर कविष्ठ सुनिते हर ‘दुःश्च’ । विदध-आश्वीर-वाक्य सुनिते हर ‘सूथ’ ॥ ১०९ ॥
grāmya-kavira kavitva śunite haya ‘duḥkha’ vidagdha-ātmīya-vākya śunite haya ‘sukha’
SYNONYMS
grāmya-kavira —of a poet who writes poetry concerning man and woman;  kavitva —poetry;  śunite —to hear;  haya —there is;  duḥkha —unhappiness;  vidagdha-ātmīya —of a devotee fully absorbed in ecstatic love;  vākya —the words;  śunite —to hear;  haya —there is;  sukha —happiness.
TRANSLATION
“Hearing the poetry of a person who has no transcendental knowledge and who writes about the relationships between man and woman simply causes unhappiness, whereas hearing the words of a devotee fully absorbed in ecstatic love causes great happiness.
PURPORT
Grāmya-kavi  refers to a poet or writer such as the authors of novels and other fiction who write only about the relationships between man and woman.