276 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 8
are overly attached to mundane activities cannot understand the ecstatic conver-
sations between Ramananda Raya and Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Consequently the
Lord requested that Ramananda Raya keep all these conversations secret and not
expose them to the general populace. If one is actually advanced in Krsna con-
sciousness, he can understand these confidential talks; otherwise they appear
crazy. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore informed Ramananda Raya that they
both appeared as madmen and were therefore on the same platform. It is con-
firmed in Bhagavad-gita:
ya niga sarva-bhatanam
tasyam jagarti samyami
yasyarh jagrati bhatani
sd nisaé pasyato muneh
“What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and
the time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage.” (Bg. 2.69)
Sometimes Krsna consciousness appears like a type of madness to mundane
people, just as the activities of mundaners are considered a form of madness by
Krsna conscious men.
TEXT 292
CRA Haale ataieva-ACH |
MA CUBA SIG BI B-ACH 11 232 I
ei-ripa dasa-ratri ramadnanda-sange
sukhe gondaila prabhu krsna-katha-range
SYNONYMS
ei-rdpa—in this way; daga-ratri—ten nights; ramananda sange—with Sri Rama-
nanda Raya; sukhe—in great happiness; gonaili—passed; prabhu—Lord $ri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krsna-katha-range —in transcendental pleasure by discuss-
ing talks of Krsna.
TRANSLATION
For ten nights Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramdnanda Raya spent a
happy time discussing the pastimes of Krsna.
TEXT 293
fagy aces an-fteria fapta |
BAF SRa, Sts Al ALVA ATW roo tl
