Text 19]
Talks Between the Lord and Rāmānanda Rāya
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TRANSLATION
Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was running after him mentally, He patiently remained sitting. Rāmānanda Rāya, seeing the wonderful sannyāsī, then came to see Him.
TEXT 18
সূর্যাশত-সম  কান্তি, অনুণ বসন।।
সুবলিত প্রকাণ্ড   দেহ, কাল-লোচন না ১৮ না।
sūrya-śata-sama kānti, aruṇa vasana subalita prakāṇḍa deha, kamala-locana
SYNONYMS
sūrya-śata —hundreds of suns;  sama —like;  kānti —luster;  aruṇa —saffron;  vasana —garments;  subalita —very strongly built;  prakāṇḍa —big;  deha —body;  kamala-locana —eyes like lotus petals.
TRANSLATION
Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya then saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as brilliant as a hundred suns. The Lord was covered by a saffron garment. He was large in body and very strongly built, and His eyes were like lotus petals.
TEXT 19
দেখিয়া তাঁহার মনে ইেল চমৎকার ।।
আসিয়া করিল দণ্ডবৎ নমস্কার ॥ ১৯ ॥
dekhiyā tāṅhāra mane haila camatkāra āsiyā karila daṇḍavat namaskāra
SYNONYMS
dekhiyā —seeing;  tāṅhāra —his;  mane —in the mind;  haila —there was;  camatkāra —wonder;  āsiyā —coming there;  karila —did;  daṇḍa-vat —like a rod;  namaskāra —obeisances.
TRANSLATION
When Rāmānanda Rāya saw the wonderful sannyāsī, he was struck with wonder. He went to Him and immediately offered his respectful obeisances, falling down flat like a rod.