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

TEXT 32
ot nz aafadin SHAq BRIT |
OR WTF BRA AE SCHCA AM 11 92
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
arora fader ait Ofer Sasie |
attatcet Sew CAA Sify’ Hf-F4 11 OC I
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
