Adi-lila, Chapter 4 249

more relishable than the actual meeting, which lacks the feelings of increasing
anticipation because the lover and beloved are both present.

TEXT 32

OB ne AAfadin saz GRIT |
OE CTA Sas AZ STCHCA MAW 11 2 Hi

ei saba rasa-niryasa kariba dsvada
ei dvare kariba saba bhaktere prasdda

SYNONYMS

ei—these; saba—all; rasa-nirydsa—essence of mellows; kariba—| shall do; dsvada—
tasting; e/ dvadre—by this; kariba—| shall do; saba—all; bhaktere—to the devotees;
prasada—favor.

TRANSLATION

“| shall taste the essence of all these rasas, and in this way J shall favor all the
devotees.

TEXT 33

acer fate att fe” Sate |
aiaatcel Scw can Sf’ uf-sq | OO |

vrajera nirmala raga Suni’ bhakta-gana
raga-marge bhaje yena chadi’ dharma-karma

SYNONYMS

vrajera—of Vraja; nirmala—spotless; rdga—love; Suni’—hearing; bhakta-gana—the
devotees; raga-marge—on the path of spontaneous love; bhaje—they worship; yena—
so that; chadi’—giving up; dharma—religiosity ; karma—fruitive activity.

TRANSLATION

“Then, by hearing about the pure love of the residents of Vraja, devotees will
worship Me on the path of spontaneous love, abandoning all rituals of religiosity
and fruitive activity.”

PURPORT

Many realized souls, such as Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and King Kulasekhara,
have recommended with great emphasis that one develop this spontaneous love of
Godhead, even at the risk of transgressing all the traditional codes of morality and
religiosity. Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, one of the six Gosvamis of Vrndavana,
has written in his prayers called the Manah-siksd that one should simply worship
