102 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 1

prabhu kahe, — “raya, tomara ihate ullasa
sunitei lajja, loke kare upahasa”

SYNONYMS

prabhu kahe—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu says; raya—Ramananda Raya;
tomara—your; ihate—in this; ullasa—jubilation; sunitei—to hear; lajja—
ashamed; loke—the people in general; kare—do; upahasa—joking.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, ‘My dear Ramananda Raya, you are jubilant
at hearing these poetic expressions, but | am ashamed to hear them, for
people in general will joke about the subject of this verse.”’

TEXT 182

aye SCe,— “cress Qe Sara eta |
BSYE-cATAT AS AMEBATA I"ve I

raya kahe, —“lokera sukha ihara sravane
abhista-devera smrti mangalacarane”

SYNONYMS

raya kahe —Ramananda Raya says; lokera—of the people in general; sukha—
happiness; ihara sravane—in hearing such poetic expressions; abhista-devera—of
the worshipable Deity; smrti—remembrance; marigalacarane—in the perfor-
mance of auspiciousness in the beginning.

TRANSLATION

Ramananda Raya said, ‘Instead of joking, people in general will feel great
pleasure in hearing such poetry, for the initial remembrance of the worship-
able Deity invokes good fortune.”

TEXT 183
ATH SCR —“CBIA BTM AiCaa Alea 9”
BeA AA-catmifae sre Stata facta ii seo i

raya kahe, —“kon ange patrera pravesa?”
tabe rGpa-gosahi kahe tahdra visesa
