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

nently relieved from family life. Srila Rapa Gosvami and his younger brother,
Vallabha, were blessed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Although the Lord was
transcendentally situated in His transcendental eternal form, at Prayaga He
told Ripa Gosvami about transcendental ecstatic love of Krsna. The Lord then
embraced him very fondly and bestowed all His mercy upon him.

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priya-svarupe dayita-svarupe
prema-svarupe sahajabhirdpe

nijanurdpe prabhur eka-rdpe
tatdna rupe svavilasa-rupe

SYNONYMS

priya-svartpe—unto the person whose dear friend was Srila Svarapa Damodara
Gosvami; dayita-svartipe —who was very dear to Him (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu);
prema-svardpe —unto the replica of His personal ecstatic love; sahaja-abhirupe —
who was naturally very beautiful; nija-anurdpe—who exactly followed the prin-
ciples of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prabhuh—Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu; eka-
rape—to the one; tatana—explained; rdpe—unto Rupa Gosvami; sva-vilasa-
rape—who describes the pastimes of Lord Krsna.

TRANSLATION

“Indeed, Srila Rapa Gosvami, whose dear friend was Svarupa Damodara,
was the exact replica of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and he was very, very dear
to the Lord. Being the embodiment of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s ecstatic
love, Rapa Gosvami was naturally very beautiful. He very carefully followed
the principles enunciated by the Lord, and he was a competent person to ex-
plain properly the pastimes of Lord Krsna. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu expanded
His mercy to Srila Rapa Gosvami just so he could render service by writing
transcendental literatures.”’

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ei-mata karnapura likhe sthane-sthdne
prabhu krpd kaila yaiche rapa-sandtane
