Text 127] Talks Between the Lord and Ramananda Raya 161

tenho kahe —4mi nahi jani krsna-katha
sabe ramananda jane, tenho nahi etha

SYNONYMS
tenho kahe—he replied; ami—l; nahi—not; jani—know; krsna-kathd —topics
of Lord Krsna; sabe—all; ramananda—Ramananda Raya; jane—knows; tenho—
he; nahi—not; etha—here.

TRANSLATION

“Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya told me, ‘I do not actually know about the topics
of Lord Krsna. They are all known only to Ramananda Raya, but he is not pres-
ent here’ ’’

TEXT 127

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tomara thafi ailana tomara mahima suniya
tumi more stuti kara ‘sannyasi’ janiya

SYNONYMS
tomdra-thahi—to your presence; dilana—l have come; tomara—your;
mahima—glories; suniya—hearing; tumi—you; more—Me; _ stuti—praising;
kara—do; sannyasi—a person in the renounced order of life; janiya—knowing as.

TRANSLATION

Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued: ‘After hearing about your glo-
ries, | have come to your place. However, you are offering Me words of praise
out of respect for a sannyasi, one in the renounced order of life.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura explains that a mundane person, being
enriched by mundane opulences, must always know that the transcendental opu-
lences of the advanced devotees are far more important than the materialistic
opulences of a person like himself. A materialistic person with material opulences
should not be very proud or puffed up before a transcendental devotee. If one
approaches a transcendental devotee on the strength of his material heritage,
opulence, education and beauty and does not offer respect to the advanced
devotee of the Lord, the Vaisnava devotee may offer formal respects to such a
materially puffed-up person, but he may not deliver transcendental knowledge to
him. Indeed, the devotee sees him as a non-brahmana or sddra. Such a puffed-up
