154 Sti Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 5
SYNONYMS

grhastha hafid—being a householder; nahe—is not; raya—Ramananda Raya;
sat-vargera vase—under the control of the six kinds of bodily change; visayi
hafid—being a pounds-and-shillings man; sannydsire upadese —advises persons in
the renounced order of life.

TRANSLATION

Although Ramananda Raya was a householder, he was not under the control
of the six kinds of bodily change. Although apparently a pounds-and-shillings
man, he advised even persons in the renounced order.

PURPORT

Sri Ramananda Raya externally appeared to be a grhastha who was under the
influence of the external, material energy, not a self-controlled brahmacari,
vanaprastha or sannydasi. Grhasthas (householders) who are under the influence of
the external energy accept householder life for the purpose of sense enjoyment,
but a transcendentally situated Vaisnava is not subjected to the influence of the
senses by the Lord's material rule of the six kinds of bodily change (kama, krodha,
lobha, moha, mada, and matsarya), even when he plays the part of a grhastha.
Thus although Srila Ramananda Raya acted as a grhastha and was accepted as an
ordinary pounds-and-shillings man, he was always absorbed in the transcendental
pastimes of Lord Krsna. Therefore his mind was spiritually situated, and he was in-
terested only in the subject of Krsna. Ramananda Raya was not among the
Mayavadi impersonalists or materialistic logicians who are opposed to the prin-
ciples of Lord Krsna’s transcendental pastimes. He was already spiritually situated
in the order of renounced life; therefore he was able to turn sand into gold by
spiritual potency, or, in other words, to elevate a person from a material to a
spiritual position.

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GUAT Ol Sia Ast SA |
facetca Stel Stal Stas BHAT > U
ei-saba guna tanra prakasa karite
misrere pathdaila tahan sravana karite
SYNONYMS

ei-saba—all these; guna—attributes; tdrra—of Ramananda Raya; prakasa
karite—to demonstrate; misrere—Pradyumna Misra; pathdila—He sent; tahan—
there; sravana karite—to hear.
