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

SYNONYMS

raya kahe—Srila Ramananda Raya says; kaha—please tell me; 4ge—further;
arigera visesa—particular portions; $ri-rapa kahena—Srila RGpa Gosvami says;
kichu—something; sanksepa—in brief; uddesa—reference.

TRANSLATION

When Ramiananda Raya requested Srila Ripa Gosvami to speak further
about various portions of the play, Srila Ripa Gosvami briefly quoted his
Lalita-madhava.

TEXT 188

sfaqhecs ISSA, LIS AFTISTYL GA |
BaAaAys A ASS, AEG AMEMs SSAA}  veon

harim uddisate rajo-bharah
puratah sarigamayaty amum tamah
vrajavama-drsam na paddhatih
prakata sarva-drsah sruter api

SYNONYMS

harim—Krsna; uddisate—it indicates; rajah-bharah—dust from the cows;
puratah—in front; sangamayati—causes to meet; amum—kKrsna; tamah—the
darkness; vrajavama-drsam—of the damsels of Vrndavana; na—not; paddhatih—
the course of activities; prakata—manifested; sarva-drsah—who know every-
thing; sruteh—of the Vedas; api—as well as.

TRANSLATION

‘The dust from cows and calves on the road creates a kind of darkness in-
dicating that Krsna is returning home from the pasture. Also, the darkness of
evening provokes the gopis to meet Krsna. Thus the pastimes of Krsna and the
gopis are covered by a kind of transcendental darkness and are therefore im-
possible for ordinary scholars of the Vedas to see.’

PURPORT

This verse from the Lalita-madhava (1.23) is spoken by Paurnamasi in a conver-
sation with Gargi.

Krsna stated in Bhagavad-gita, traigunya-visaya veda nistraigunyo bhavarjuna.
Thus He advised Arjuna to rise above the modes of material nature, for the entire
Vedic system is filled with descriptions involving sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-
guna. People are generally covered by the quality of rajo-guna and are therefore
