Text 61] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 31

SYNONYMS
toma dekhi—by seeing you; toma sparsi—by touching you; gai tomara guna—
praising your transcendental qualities; sarva-indriya-phala—the fulfillment of the
activities of all the senses; ei—this; sastra-nirdjpana—the verdict of the revealed
scriptures.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued, ‘‘By seeing you, by touching you and
by glorifying your transcendental qualities, one can perfect the purpose of all
sense activity. This is the verdict of the revealed scriptures.

PURPORT
This is confirmed in the following verse from the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya (13.2).

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aksnoh phalam tvadrsa-darsanam hi
tanoh phalam tvadrsa-gatra-sangah

jihva-phalam tvadrsa-kirtanam hi
sudurlabha bhagavata hi loke

SYNONYMS

aksnoh—of the eyes; phalam—the perfect result of the action; tvd-drsa—a
person like you; darsanam—to see; hi—certainly; tanoh—of the body; phalam—
the perfection of activities; tvaé-drsa—of a person like you; gatra-sangah—
touching the body; jihva-phalam—the perfection of the tongue; tva-drsa—a per-
son like you; kirtanam—glorifying; hi—certainly; su-durlabhah—very rare;
bhagavatah—pure devotees of the Lord; hi—certainly; loke—in this world.

TRANSLATION

““‘My dear Vaisnava, seeing a person like you is the perfection of one’s
eyesight. Touching your lotus feet is the perfection of the sense of touch.
Glorifying your good qualities is the tongue’s real activity, for in the material
world it is very difficult to find a pure devotee of the Lord.’ ”
