Text 291] Talks Between the Lord and Ramananda Raya 275

TEXT 290

ace afta, Hal al sins eet |
SUA ASAHI CHIC Berea W roe |

gupte rakhiha, kahan na kario prakasa
Amara batula-cesta loke upahasa

SYNONYMS
gupte—in secret; rakhiha—keep; kahan—anywhere; né—not; kario—make;
prakésa—exposure; dmara—My; batula-cesté—activities like a madman; loke—
among the general people; upahdsa—laughter.

TRANSLATION

The Lord then requested Ramananda Raya: ‘‘Keep all these talks a secret.
Please do not expose them anywhere and everywhere. Since My activities ap-
pear to be like those of a madman, people may take them lightly and laugh.”

TEXT 291
aihi—as aga, y—fasta sige |
BSF CSA HAT SF AIGA 1 299 |

ami—eka batula, tumi——dvitiya bdatula
ataeva tomaya 4maya ha-i sama-tula

SYNONYMS
ami—|; eka—one; batula—madman; tumi—you; dvitiya—second; batula—
madman; ataeva—therefore; tomaya—you; 4maya—Me; ha-i—are; sama-tula—
on an equal level.

TRANSLATION

Caitanya Mahaprabhu then said, ‘‘Indeed, | am a madman, and you are also
a madman. Therefore both of us are on the same platform.”

PURPORT

All these conversations between Ramananda Raya and Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu appear ludicrous to a common man who is not a devotee. The entire
world is filled with material conceptions, and people are unable to understand
these conversations due to the conditioning of mundane philosophy. Those who
