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Šrū Caitanya-caritāmrta
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nija-kṛta kṛṣṇa-līlā-śloka paḍila śuṇi' mahāorabhuṛa mahā oremāveśa haila
SYNONYMS
nija-kṛta —personally composed;  kṛṣṇa-līlā —on pastimes of Kṛṣṇa;  śloka —verses;  paḍila —recited;  śuni' —hearing;  mahāprabhura —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  mahā —great;  prema-āveśa —ecstatic love;  haila —there was.
TRANSIATION
When Raghupati Upādhyāya was requested to describe Kṛṣṇa, he began to recite some verses he had personally composed about Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. Hearing those verses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was overwhelmed with ecstatic love.
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শ্ৰুতিমপ  ৰে  স্মৃতিমিত ৰে  ভাৰতময়ে ভজন্তু ভব-ভীতা:  ।  অহমিহ নন্দং বন্দে যস্মালিন্দে পৰং ব্ৰহ্ম ॥ ৯৬ ॥
śrutim apare smṛtim itare  
 bhāratam anye bhajantu bhava-bhītāḥ  
 aham iha nandaṁ vande  
 yasyālinde paraṁ brahma
SYNONYMS
śrutim —Vedic literature;  apare —someone;  smṛtim —corollary to the Vedic literature;  itare —others;  bhāratam — Mahābhārata ;  anye —still others;  bhajantu —let them worship;  bhava-bhītāḥ —those who are afraid of material existence;  aham —I;  iha —here;  nandam —Mahārāja Nanda;  vande —worship;  yasya —whose;  alinde —in the courtyard;  param brahma —the Supreme Brahman, Absolute Truth.
TRANSLATION
Raghupati Upādhyāya recited:  “ Those who are afraid of material existence worship Vedic literature. Some worship smṛti, the corollaries to Vedic literature, and others worship the Mahābhārata. As far as I am concerned, I worship Mahārāja Nanda, the father of Kṛṣṇa, in whose courtyard the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, is playing.’’
PURPORT
This verse recited by Raghupati Upādhyāya was later included in Śrī Rūpa Cosvāmī’s  Padyāvalī  (126).