Text 107] Ramananda Raya Instructs Pradyumna Misra 169

TEXT 106

SHarea, calacel A sea aca |
cate Ta Sy Slte-ea || Sow |

krsna-lila, gaura-lila se kare varnana
gaura-pada-padma ydarira haya prana-dhana

SYNONYMS
krsna-lilai—the pastimes of Lord Krsna; gaura-lili—the pastimes of Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; se—he; kare varnana—describes; gaura-pada-padma—
the lotus feet of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yanra—whose; haya—is; prana-
dhana—the life and soul.

TRANSLATION

“One who has accepted the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as his life
and soul can describe the pastimes of Lord Krsna or the pastimes of Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TEXT 107

artay-sfaq sfagq eface oH ‘Gee’ |
fant-orala-atas face SH MA’ W909 11

gramya-kavira kavitva sunite haya ‘duhkha’
vidagdha-atmiya-vakya sunite haya ‘sukha’

SYNONYMS

gramya-kavira—of a poet who writes poetry concerning man and woman;
kavitva—poetry; sunite—to hear; haya—there is; duhkha—unhappiness;
vidagdha-atmiya—of a devotee fully absorbed in ecstatic love; vakya—the
words; sunite—to hear; haya—there is; sukha—happiness.

TRANSLATION

“Hearing the poetry of a person who has no transcendental knowledge and
who writes about the relationships between man and woman simply causes
unhappiness, whereas hearing the words of a devotee fully absorbed in
ecstatic love causes great happiness.

PURPORT

Gramya-kavi refers to a poet or writer such as the authors of novels and other
fiction who write only about the relationships between man and woman.
