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.
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REPS AHL AH TOACH FAL BA I 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).
