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Šrū Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā] Ch. 8]
are overly attached to mundane activities cannot understand the ecstatic conversations between Rāmānanda Rāya and Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Consequently the Lord requested that Rāmānanda Rāya keep all these conversations secret and not expose them to the general populace. If one is actually advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he can understand these confidential talks; otherwise they appear crazy. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore informed Rāmānanda Rāya that they both appeared as madmen and were therefore on the same platform. It is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā :
yā niśā sarva-bhūtānāṁ 
    tasyāṁ jāgarti saṁyamī 
    yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni 
    sā niśā paśyato muneḥ
“What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and the time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage.” (Bg. 2.69)
Sometimes Krşna consciousness appears like a type of madness to mundane people, just as the activities of mundaners are considered a form of madness by Krşna conscious men.
TEXT 292
এইক্লপ দশরাত্রি রামানন্দ-সঙ্গে । 
    স্থখে গোড়াইলা প্রভু কৃষ্ণকথা-রঙ্গে ॥ ২৯২ ॥
ei-rūpa daśa-rātri rāmānanda-saṅge sukhe goṅāilā prabhu kṛṣṇa-kathā-raṅge
SYNONYMS
ei-rūpa —in this way;  daśa-rātri —ten nights;  rāmānanda saṅge —with Śrī Rāmā-nanda Rāya;  sukhe —in great happiness;  goṅāilā —passed;  prabhu —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  kṛṣṇa-kathā-raṅge —in transcendental pleasure by discussing talks of Kṛṣṇa.
TRANSLATION
For ten nights Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya spent a happy time discussing the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa.
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নিগূড় ভ্রজের রস-লীলার বিচার।
অনেক কহিল, তার না পাইল পার ॥ ২৯৩ ॥