Text 181] Ripa Gosvami's Meeting with the Lord 101

TEXT 179
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kaha tomara krsna-rasa-kavya-sudha-sindhu
tara madhye mithyd kene stuti-ksara-bindu

SYNONYMS
kanha—where; tomara—your; krsna-rasa-kavya—of exalted poetry concern-
ing the mellows of Lord Krsna’s pastimes; sudha-sindhu—ocean of the nectar;
tara madhye—within that; mithyd—false; kene—why; stuti—prayer; ksdra-bin-
du—like a drop of alkali.

TRANSLATION

“Your exalted poetic descriptions of the mellows of Lord Krsna’s pastimes
are like an ocean of nectar. But why have you put in a false prayer about Me? It
is like a drop of detestful alkali.”

TEXT 180
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raya kahe, —“rapera kavya amrtera pura
tara madhye eka bindu diyadche karpdra”

SYNONYMS

raya kahe —Srila Ramananda Raya says; rGpera kavya—the poetic expression of
Stila Ripa Gosvami; amrtera pura—filled with all nectar; tara madhye—within
that; eka bindu—one drop; diyache—he has given; karptira—camphor.

TRANSLATION

Srila Ramananda Raya objected, “It is not alkali at all. It is a particle of
camphor he has put into the nectar of his exalted poetic expression.”

TEXT 181

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