Text 70] The Siksastaka Prayers 279

TRANSLATION

When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu read the verses of Jayadeva’s Gita-govinda,
of Srimad-Bhagavatam, of Ramananda Raya’s drama Jagannatha-vallabha-
nataka and of Bilvamangala Thakura’s Krsna-karnamrta, He was overwhelmed
by the various ecstatic emotions of those verses. Thus He tasted their pur-
ports.

TEXT 69

aie qed Gee i atfa-faca |
PHRAIF ORACH GVAR-FCA |i VD Ui

dvadasa vatsara aiche das4 —ratri-dine
krsma-rasa dsvadaye dui-bandhu-sane

SYNONYMS

dvadasa vatsara—for twelve years; aiche dasa—such a condition; ratri-dine—
day and night; krsma-rasa—transcendental bliss and mellows in connection with
Krsna; dsvadaye—He tastes; dui-bandhu-sane—with two friends, namely Rama-
nanda Raya and Svariipa Damodara Gosvami.

TRANSLATION

For twelve years, Sri Caitanya remained in that state day and night. With His
two friends, He tasted the meaning of those verses, which consist of nothing
but the transcendental bliss and mellows of Krsna consciousness.

TEXT 70

CAE Fa Harlan ATA BAS |
HVey-aacH ale” AR AA BS 9 0

sei saba lild-rasa dpane ananta
sahasra-vadane varni’ nahi pa’na anta

SYNONYMS

sei saba—all these; Jila-rasa—transcendental mellows of $1 Caitanya
Mahaprabhu's pastimes; apane —personally; ananta—the Personality of Godhead
Ananta; sahasra-vadane—with His thousands of faces; varni’—describing; nahi—
not; pa’na—gets; anta—the limit.
