Text 206] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunatha dasa Gosvami 295

TRANSLATION

Saying this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu grasped the hand of Raghunatha dasa
and entrusted him to the hands of Svaripa Damodara Gosvami.

TEXT 205

TH FC—AVIAGA CT SH CL |
Os BIR’ aqaicel Yas SHA W ree |

svartipa kahe, ——‘mahdaprabhura ye 4jfia haila’
eta kahi’ raghunathe punah dlingila

SYNONYMS
svaripa kahe—Svariipa Damodara said; mahaprabhura—of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu; ye—whatever; ajfid—order; haila—there is; eta kahi’—saying this;
raghunathe —Raghunatha dasa; punah—again; dlingila—he embraced.

TRANSLATION

Svaripa Damodara Gosvami accepted Raghunatha dasa, saying, ‘Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, whatever You order is accepted.’’ He then embraced
Raghunatha dasa again.

TEXT 206

COSTTA SSAlenays sare ai aha |
CHfacHCA SCR AVA GH FH tow

caitanyera bhakta-vatsalya kahite na pari
govindere kahe raghunathe daya kari’

SYNONYMS
caitanyera—of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhakta-vatsalya—affection for
devotees; kahite nd pari—l cannot express properly; govindere—to Govinda;
kahe—He said; raghunathe—upon Raghunatha; dayd kari’—being very merciful.

TRANSLATION

I cannot properly express the affection of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for His
devotees. Being merciful toward Raghunatha dasa, the Lord spoke as follows
to Govinda.
