Text 107] Ramananda Raya Instructs Pradyumna Misra 169
TEXT 106
Sarre, cael Hl Bea ada |
CAA Ta Sa elt 1 Sow I
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
ana sfaa sfay wires GH ‘Fe |
fame-en a a-atas GPITS SN OYA 309 NI
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.
