Text 132] The Lord Instructs Srila Rapa Gosvami 313

TEXT 131

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kabhu bhakti-rasa-sastra karaye likhana
caitanya-katha sune, kare caitanya-cintana”

SYNONYMS

kabhu—sometimes; bhakti-rasa-Sastra—transcendental literature about the
mellows of devotional service; karaye likhana—write; caitanya-katha—talks
about the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sune—they hear; kare—do;
caitanya-cintana—thinking of Lord Caitanya.

TRANSLATION

“Sometimes they write transcendental literatures about devotional service,
and sometimes they hear about Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and spend their time
thinking about the Lord.”

TEXT 132

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ei-katha suni’ mahantera maha-sukha haya
caitanyera krpa yanhe, tanhe ki vismaya?

SYNONYMS

ei-katha suni’—hearing this news; mahantera—of all the devotees; mahda-
sukha—great pleasure; haya—was; caitanyera—of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
krpa—mercy; yanhe—on whom; tanhe—in him; ki—what; vismaya—wonderful.

TRANSLATION

When the personal associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would hear of the
activities of Rapa and Sanatana Gosvamis, they would say, ‘‘What is wonder-
ful for a person who has been granted the Lord’s mercy?”

PURPORT

Srila RGpa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami had no fixed residence. They stayed
beneath a tree for one day only and wrote huge volumes of transcendental
literature. They not only wrote books but chanted, danced, discussed Krsna and
