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Šššš  Calitanva-caritāmeta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 8]
“O great sage, of the many millions of liberated persons and of the millions who have attained perfection, he who is a devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa is very, very rare. Indeed, he is the most perfect and peaceful person.”
TEXT 2500
“ গৌল-মাধ্যা কোন গান—জীবের নিজ ধর্ম ? ”
‘ব্লাধাকুণ্ডের প্রেমকেলি’—যেই গীতের মর্ম ॥২৫০॥
‘gāna-madhye kona gāna—jīvera nija dharma?’ ‘rādhā-kṛṣṇera prema-keli’—yei gītera marma
SYNONYMS
gāna-madhye —among songs;  kona gāna —which song;  jīvera —of the living entity;  nija —his own;  dharma —religion;  rādhā-kṛṣṇera prema-keli —the loving affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa;  yei —which;  gītera —of the song;  marma —purport.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next asked Rāmānanda Rāya, “Among many songs, which song is to be considered the actual religion of the living entity?” Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “That song describing the loving affairs of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa is superior to all other songs.”
PURPORT
As stated in  Śrimad-Bhāgavatam  (10.33.37)::
anugrahāya bhūtānāṁ
mānuṣaṁ deham āsthitaḥ
bhajate tādṛśīḥ krīḍā
yāḥ śrutvā tat-paro bhavet
“Lord Krṣṇa descends apparently as a human being, and He exhibits His transcendental pastimes in Vṛndāvana so that the conditioned soul may be attracted to hearing His transcendental activities.” Nondevotees are strictly prohibited from participating in songs celebrating the loving affairs of Rādhā and Krṣṇa. Unless one is a devotee, it is very dangerous to hear the songs about the pastimes of Rādhā and Krṣṇa that were written by Jayadeva Gosvāmī, Caṇḍīdāsa and other exalted devotees. Lord Śiva drank an ocean of poison, but one should not imitate this. One must first become a pure devotee of Lord Krṣṇa. Only then can one enjoy hearing the songs of Jayadeva and relish transcendental bliss. If one simply imitates the activities of Lord Śiva and drinks poison, one will certainly meet with death.