150 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 5

TRANSLATION

“| cannot properly describe the discourses of Ramananda Raya, for he is not
an ordinary human being. He is fully absorbed in the devotional service of the
Lord.

PURPORT

One is forbidden to accept the guru, or spiritual master, as an ordinary human
being (gurusu nara-matih). When Ramananda Raya spoke to Pradyumna Misra,
Pradyumna Misra could understand that Ramananda Raya was not an ordinary
human being. A spiritually advanced person who acts with authority, as the
spiritual master, speaks as the Supreme Personality of Godhead dictates from
within. Thus it is not he that is personally speaking. When a pure devotee or
spiritual master speaks, what he says should be accepted as having been directly
spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the parampard system.

TEXT 72
Ora OS Sal ata Slay tates |
‘Ssyaal-qe Sia’ ai atfae cates 092 0

ara eka kathd raya kahila amare
‘krsna-kathd-vakta kari’ nd janiha more

SYNONYMS
dra—another; eka—one; katha—topic; raya—Ramananda Raya; kahila
amare —said to me; krsna-kathd-vakta—the speaker on the talks of Krsna; kari’—
as; na janiha more—do not consider me.

TRANSLATION
“There is one other thing Ramananda Raya said to me. ‘Do not consider me

the speaker in these talks about Krsna.
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CALE FAA, CSCS.FlB,— aa Aeitag 1 go |

mora mukhe katha kahena dpane gauracandra
yaiche kahaya, taiche kahi,—yena vina-yantra
