294 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 19

nija-krta krsna-lila-sloka padila
suni’ mahdprabhura maha premdavesa haila

SYNONYMS

nija-krta—personally composed; krsna-lila—on pastimes of Krsna; sloka—
verses; padila—recited; suni’—hearing; mahaprabhura—of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; mahd—great; prema-advesa—ecstatic love; haila—there was.

TRANSLATION

When Raghupati Upadhyaya was requested to describe Krsna, he began to
recite some verses he had personally composed about Krsna’s pastimes. Hear-
ing those verses, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was overwhelmed with ecstatic
love.

TEXT 96

sfeuicy afefrery StawTT SHS SASS |
Beas are aH WOAH FIs BH ll dv I

srutim apare smrtim itare

bhdratam anye bhajantu bhava-bhitah
aham iha nandam vande

yasyalinde param brahma

SYNONYMS

srutim—Vedic literature; apare—someone; smrtim—corollary to the Vedic
literature; itare—others; bharatam—Mahdabharata; anye—still others; bhajantu—
let them worship; bhava-bhitah—those who are afraid of material existence;
aham—!; iha—here; nandam—Maharaja Nanda; vande—worship; yasya—
whose; alinde—in the courtyard; param brahma—the Supreme Brahman, Ab-
solute Truth.
TRANSLATION

Raghupati Upadhyaya recited: ‘‘Those who are afraid of material existence
worship Vedic literature. Some worship smrti, the corollaries to Vedic
literature, and others worship the Mahabharata. As far as ! am concerned, |
worship Maharaja Nanda, the father of Krsna, in whose courtyard the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, is playing.”

PURPORT

This verse recited by Raghupati Upadhyaya was later included in Sri Rapa
Gosvami's Padyavali (126).
