210 Sri-Caitanya-carita mrta

TRANSLATION

As a wooden doll is made to dance by a magician, | write as Madana-gopala orders
me to do so.
PURPORT

This is the position of a pure devotee. One should not take any responsibility on
his own but should be a soul surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
who will then give him dictation as caitya-guru, or the spiritual master within. The
Supreme Personality of Godhead is pleased to guide a devotee from within and
without. From within He guides him as the Supersoul, and from without He guides

him as the spiritual master.
TEXT 80

Saifecwsel CAA—aAMAT AIS |
UNA HAF —AYAA, HA, HENS ll bo I

kuladhidevata mora—madana-mohana
yanra sevaka—raghunatha, rupa, sanatana

SYNONYMS
kula-adhidevata—the family Deity; mora—mine; madana-mohana—Lord Madana-
mohana; yanra—whose; sevaka—servitor; raghunatha—Raghunatha dasa Gosvami;
rupa—Rupa Gosvam!; sanatana—Sanatana Gosvami.
TRANSLATION
I accept as my family Deity Madana-mohana, whose worshipers are Raghunatha
dasa, Sri Rapa and Sanatana Gosvami.

TEXT 81

quaa-aicra aera aha’ este |

Sta Bisel Aol ferfe Wares FTI vost

vrndavana-dasera pada-padma kari’ dhyana

tanra ajna lana likhi yahate Ralyana
SYNONYMS

vrndavana-dasera—of Srila Vendavana dasa Thakura; pada-padma-—lotus feet;
kari’—doing; dhyana—meditation; tanra—his; ajfia—order; /afia—receiving; likhi-|
write; yahate—in which permission; ka/yana—all auspiciousness.

TRANSLATION

| took permission from Srila Verndavana dasa Thakura by praying at his lotus
feet, and upon receiving his order | have attempted to write this auspicious literature.
