Talks Between the Lord and Ramananda Riya 269
TRANSLATION
Ramananda Raya continued, ‘‘My dear Lord, | can understand that You have
assumed the ecstasy and bodily complexion of Srimati Radharani. By accept-
ing this, You are tasting Your own personal transcendental humor and have
therefore appeared as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
TEXT 280
frrypars corta—cary etataa |
APRA CLT CBT ARTA two |
nija-gudha-karya tomara——prema asvadana
dnusarige prema-maya kaile tribhuvana
SYNONYMS
nija-gadha-karya—own confidential business; tomara—Your; prema—tran-
scendental love; asvadana—tasting; dnusarige—simultaneously; prema-maya—
transformed into love of God; kaile—You have made; tri-bhuvana—all the world.
TRANSLATION
“(My dear Lord, You have descended in this incarnation of Lord Caitanya for
Your own personal reasons. You have come to taste Your own spiritual bliss,
and at the same time You are transforming the whole world by spreading the
ecstasy of love of Godhead.
TEXT 281
wiricn SAH crica SACS Gers |
HEA FAG FI,—COMA CB BARA 1 Ad
dpane dile more karite uddhdara
ebe kapata kara, —tomdra kona vyavahara
SYNONYMS
apane—personally; aile—You have come; more—unto me; karite—to make;
uddhara—deliverance; ebe—now; kapata—duplicity; kara—You do; tomara—
Your; kona—what; vyavahara—behavior.
TRANSLATION
“‘My dear Lord, by Your causeless mercy You have appeared before me to
grant me liberation. Now You are playing in a duplicitous way. What is the
reason for this behavior?”’
