Text 189] Talks Between the Lord and Ramananda Raya 203

TRANSLATION

Raya Ramananda replied, ‘‘Lord Krsna is dhira-lalita, for He can always keep
His girl friends in a subjugated state. Thus His only business is in enjoying
sense gratification.

PURPORT

We should always remember that Krsna’s sense gratification is never to be
compared to the sense gratification of the material world. As we have already ex-
plained, Krsna’s sense gratification is just like gold. The perverted reflection of that
sense gratification found in the material world is just like iron. The purport is that
Krsna is not impersonal. He has all the desires that are manifest in the perverted
reflection within this material world. However, the qualities are different —one is
spiritual, and the other is material. Just as there is a difference between life and
death, there is a difference between spiritual sense gratification and material
sense gratification.

TEXT 188

fence) aATotey: tfasta-fettays |
fafscai frac fae: ate atta: catqaes yee ti

vidagdho nava-tarunyah
parihdsa-visdradah
niscinto dhira-lalitah
syat prayah preyasi-vasah

SYNONYMS
vidagdhah—clever; nava-tarunyah—always freshly youthful; parihasa—in jok-
ing; viséradah—expert; niscintah—without anxiety; dhira-lalitah—a hero in lov-
ing affairs; syat—is; prayah—almost always; preyasi-vasah—one who keeps His
girl friends subjugated.
TRANSLATION

“A person who is very cunning and always youthful, expert in joking and
without anxiety, and who can keep his girl friends always subjugated, is called
dhira-lalita.

PURPORT

This verse is from Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (2.1.230).

TEXT 189
alfa-fra See BIO Fea Tel-ACer |
CCNA STA HHH CHM TGI-ACH Wl Sed Ht
