Text 102] The Lord Instructs Srila Rapa Gosvami 297
TRANSLATION
When Raghupati Upadhyaya saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s ecstatic
symptoms, he decided that the Lord was not a human being but Krsna Him-
self.
TEXT 101
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STACAT AA FIV— BCS BATA Wl Ses i
prabhu kahe, —updadhydaya, srestha mana’ kaya?
‘Syamam eva param rGpam’—kahe upadhyaya
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu inquired; upadhyaya—My dear
Upadhyaya; srestha—the supermost; mdana’—you consider; kdya—what;
syamam—Syamasundara, Krsna; eva—certainly; param rGpam—the supreme
form; kahe—replied; upadhydya—Raghupati Upadhyaya.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked Raghupati Upadhyaya, “According to your
decision, who is the foremost being?” Raghupati Upadhyaya replied, ‘Lord
Syamasundara is the supreme form.”
TEXT 102
PIA-HOMS ATALA CAS ale? BWP
ia) aga) aay — SCS Basta tl Sekt
sydma-rapera vasa-sthana srestha mana’ kaya?
‘puri madhu-puri vara’ — kahe upadhyaya
SYNONYMS
$yama-rdpera—of the supreme form, Syamasundara; vasa-sthana—residence;
srestha—the supreme; mdna’—you accept; kaya—which; puri—the city;
madhu-puri—Mathura; = vara—best; kahe—said; | upadhyaya—Raghupati
Upadhyaya.
TRANSLATION
“Of all Krsna’s abodes, which do you think is the best?’’ Raghupati
Upadhyaya said, ‘‘Madhu-puri, or Mathura-dhama, is certainly the best.”
