1|Madhya 8-1975: Talks Between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and
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2|Chapter 8
3|Talks Between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Raya
4|The summary of the Eighth Chapter is given by Srila
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5|After visiting the temple of Jiyada-nrsimha, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu went to the banks of the river Godavari, to a
>|place known as Vidyanagara. When Srila Ramananda Raya went
>|there to take his bath, they met. After being introduced,
>|Sri Ramananda Raya requested Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to
>|remain in the village for some days. Honoring his request,
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic
>|brahmanas. In the evening, Srila Ramananda Raya used to
>|come to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Ramananda Raya, who
>|was clothed in ordinary dress, offered the Lord respectful
>|obeisances. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu questioned him on the
>|object and process of worship and also asked him to recite
>|verses from Vedic literature.
6|First of all, Srila Ramananda Raya enunciated the system of
>|the varnasrama institution. He recited various verses about
>|karmarpana, stating that everything should be dedicated to
>|the Lord. He then spoke of detached action, knowledge mixed
>|with devotional service, and finally the spontaneous loving
>|service of the Lord. After hearing Srila Ramananda Raya
>|recite some verses, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the
>|principle of pure devotional service devoid of all kinds of
>|speculation. After this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked
>|Ramananda Raya to explain the higher platform of devotional
>|service. Then Srila Ramananda Raya explained unalloyed
>|devotional service, love of Godhead, and serving the Lord
>|in the moods of pure servitude, fraternity and parental
>|love. Finally he spoke of serving the Lord in conjugal love.
>| He then spoke of how conjugal love can be developed in
>|various ways. This conjugal love attains its highest
>|perfection in Srimati Radharani's love for Krsna. He next
>|described the position of Srimati Radharani and the
>|transcendental mellows of love of God. Srila Ramananda Raya
>|then recited a verse of his own concerning the platform of
>|ecstatic vision, technically called prema-vilasa-vivarta.
>|Srila Ramananda Raya also explained that all stages of
>|conjugal love can be attained through the mercy of the
>|residents of Vrndavana, especially by the mercy of the
>|gopis. All these subject matters were thus vividly
>|described. Gradually Ramananda Raya could understand the
>|position of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and when Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu exhibited His real form, Ramananda Raya fell
>|unconscious. After some days, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked
>|Ramananda Raya to retire from government service and come
>|to Jagannatha Puri. These descriptions of the meetings
>|between Ramananda Raya and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are
>|taken from the notebook of Svarupa Damodara Gosvami.
7|Madhya 8.1
8|TEXT 1
9|TEXT
10|sancarya ramabhidha-bhakta-meghe
11|sva-bhakti-siddhanta-cayamrtani
12|gaurabdhir etair amuna vitirnais
13|taj-jnatva-ratnalayatam prayati
14|SYNONYMS
15|sancarya-by empowering; rama-abhidha-of the name Rama;
>|bhakta-meghe-in the cloudlike devotee; sva-bhakti-of His
>|own devotional service; siddhanta-of conclusions; caya-all
>|collections; amrtani-nectar; gaura-abdhih-the ocean known
>|as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; etaih-by these; amuna-by the
>|cloud known as Ramananda Raya; vitirnaih-distributed; tat-
>|jnatva-of knowledge of devotional service; ratna-alayatam-
>|the quality of being an ocean containing valuable jewels;
>|prayati-achieved.
16|TRANSLATION
17|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is known as Gauranga, is the
>|ocean of all conclusive knowledge in devotional service. He
>|empowered Sri Ramananda Raya, who may be likened to a cloud
>|of devotional service. This cloud was filled with the water
>|of all the conclusive purports of devotional service and
>|was empowered by the ocean to spread this water over the
>|ocean of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself. Thus the ocean of
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu became filled with the jewels of the
>|knowledge of pure devotional service.
18|Madhya 8.2
19|TEXT 2
20|TEXT
21|jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
22|jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
23|SYNONYMS
24|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; jaya-all glories; nityananda-to Lord Nityananda;
>| jaya advaita-candra-all glories to Advaita Acarya; jaya
>|gaura-bhakta-vrnda-all glories to the devotees of Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
25|TRANSLATION
26|All glories to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to
>|Lord Nityananda! All glories to Advaita Acarya! And all
>|glories to all the devotees of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu!
27|Madhya 8.3
28|TEXT 3
29|TEXT
30|purva-rite prabhu age gamana karila
31|'jiyada-nrsimha'-ksetre kata-dine gela
32|SYNONYMS
33|purva-rite-according to His previous program; prabhu-Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; age-ahead; gamana-going; karila-
>|did; jiyada-nrsimha-of the name Jiyada-nrsimha; ksetre-at
>|the place of pilgrimage; kata-dine-after some days; gela-
>|arrived.
34|TRANSLATION
35|According to His previous program, Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu went forward on His tour and after some days
>|arrived at the place of pilgrimage known as Jiyada-nrsimha.
36|PURPORT
37|The Jiyada-nrsimha temple is situated on the top of a hill
>|about five miles away from Visakhapatnam. There is a
>|railway station on the South Indian Railway known as
>|Simhacala. The temple known as Simhacala is the best temple
>|in the vicinity of Visakhapatnam. This temple is very
>|affluent and is a typical example of the architecture of
>|the area. In one stone tablet it is mentioned that formerly
>|a queen covered the Deity with gold plate. This is
>|mentioned in the Visakhapatnam Gazetteer. About the temple,
>|there are residential quarters for the priests and devotees.
>| Indeed, at the present moment there are many residential
>|quarters to accommodate visiting devotees. The original
>|Deity is situated within the depths of the temple, but
>|there is another Deity, a duplicate, known as the vijaya-
>|murti. This smaller Deity can be moved from the temple and
>|taken on public processions. Priests who generally belong
>|to the Ramanuja-sampradaya are in charge of the Deity
>|worship.
38|Madhya 8.4
39|TEXT 4
40|TEXT
41|nrsimha dekhiya kaila dandavat-pranati
42|premavese kaila bahu nrtya-gita-stuti
43|SYNONYMS
44|nrsimha dekhiya-by seeing Lord Nrsimha in the temple; kaila-
>|did; dandavat-pranati-offering of obeisances, falling flat
>|before the Deity; premavese-in ecstatic love; kaila-did;
>|bahu-all kinds of; nrtya-dancing; gita-chanting; stuti-and
>|offering of prayers.
45|TRANSLATION
46|After seeing the Deity of Lord Nrsimha in the temple, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered His respectful obeisances by
>|falling flat. Then, in ecstatic love, He performed various
>|dances, chanted, and offered prayers.
47|Madhya 8.5
48|TEXT 5
49|TEXT
50|"sri-nrsimha, jaya nrsimha, jaya jaya nrsimha
51|prahladesa jaya padma-mukha-padma-bhrnga"
52|SYNONYMS
53|sri-nrsimha-Lord Nrsimha with Laksmi; jaya nrsimha-all
>|glories to Lord Nrsimha; jaya jaya-again and again glories;
>|nrsimha-to Nrsimhadeva; prahlada-isa-to the Lord of
>|Prahlada Maharaja; jaya-all glories; padma-of the goddess
>|of fortune; mukha-padma-of the lotuslike face; bhrnga-the
>|bee.
54|TRANSLATION
55|" 'All glories to Nrsimhadeva! All glories to Nrsimhadeva,
>|who is the Lord of Prahlada Maharaja and, like a honeybee,
>|is always engaged in beholding the lotuslike face of the
>|goddess of fortune.
56|PURPORT
57|The goddess of fortune is always embraced by Lord
>|Nrsimhadeva. This is mentioned in the commentary on Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam written by the great commentator Srila Sridhara
>|Svami. The following verse was composed by Sridhara Svami
>|in his commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam (
>|10.87.1):
58|vag-isa yasya vadane
59|laksmir yasya ca vaksasi
60|yasyaste hrdaye samvit
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61|tam nrsimham aham bhaje
62|"Lord Nrsimhadeva is always assisted by Sarasvati, the
>|goddess of learning, and He is always embracing to His
>|chest the goddess of fortune. The Lord is always complete
>|in knowledge within Himself. Let us offer obeisances unto
>|Nrsimhadeva."
63|Similarly, in his commentary on the First Canto of Srimad-
>|Bhagavatam (1.1.1), Sridhara Svami describes Lord
>|Nrsimhadeva in this way:
64|prahlada-hrdayahladam
65|bhaktavidya- vidaranam
66|sarad-indu-rucim vande
67|parindra-vadanam harim
68|"Let me offer my obeisances unto Lord Nrsimhadeva, who is
>|always enlightening Prahlada Maharaja within his heart and
>|who always kills the nescience that attacks the devotees.
>|His mercy is distributed like moonshine, and His face is
>|like that of a lion. Let me offer my obeisances unto Him
>|again and again."
69|Madhya 8.6
70|TEXT 6
71|TEXT
72|ugro 'py anugra evayam
73|sva-bhaktanam nr-kesari
74|kesariva sva-potanam
75|anyesam ugra-vikramah
76|SYNONYMS
77|ugrah-ferocious; api-although; anugrah-not ferocious; eva-
>|certainly; ayam-this; sva-bhaktanam-to His pure devotees;
>|nr-kesari-having the body of a human being and a lion;
>|kesari iva-like a lioness; sva-potanam-to her young cubs;
>|anyesam-to others; ugra-ferocious; vikramah-whose strength.
78|TRANSLATION
79|" 'Although very ferocious, the lioness is very kind to her
>|cubs. Similarly, although very ferocious to nondevotees
>|like Hiranyakasipu, Lord Nrsimhadeva is very, very soft and
>|kind to devotees like Prahlada Maharaja.' "
80|PURPORT
81|This verse was composed by Sridhara Svami in his commentary
>|on Srimad-Bhagavatam (7.9.1).
82|Madhya 8.7
83|TEXT 7
84|TEXT
85|ei-mata nana sloka padi' stuti kaila
86|nrsimha-sevaka mala-prasada ani' dila
87|SYNONYMS
88|ei-mata-in this way; nana-various; sloka-verses; padi'-
>|reciting; stuti-prayers; kaila-offered; nrsimha-sevaka-the
>|priest of Lord Nrsimhadeva in the temple; mala-garlands;
>|prasada-and remnants of the food of Lord Nrsimhadeva; ani'-
>|bringing; dila-offered.
89|TRANSLATION
90|In this way Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu recited different
>|verses from the sastra. The priest of Lord Nrsimhadeva then
>|brought garlands and the remnants of the Lord's food and
>|offered them to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
91|Madhya 8.8
92|TEXT 8
93|TEXT
94|purvavat kona vipre kaila nimantrana
95|sei ratri tahan rahi' karila gamana
96|SYNONYMS
97|purva-vat-as previously; kona-some; vipre-brahmana; kaila-
>|made; nimantrana-invitation; sei ratri-that night; tahan-
>|there; rahi'-staying; karila-did; gamana-touring.
98|TRANSLATION
99|As usual, a brahmana offered Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu an
>|invitation. The Lord passed the night in the temple and
>|then commenced His tour again.
100|Madhya 8.9
101|TEXT 9
102|TEXT
103|prabhate uthiya prabhu calila premavese
104|dig-vidik nahi jnana ratri-divase
105|SYNONYMS
106|prabhate-in the morning; uthiya-rising; prabhu-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; calila-went; prema-avese-in great
>|ecstatic love; dik-vidik-the right or wrong direction; nahi-
>|there was not; jnana-knowledge; ratri-divase-day and night.
107|TRANSLATION
108|The next morning, in the great ecstasy of love, Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu started on His tour with no knowledge
>|of the proper direction, and He continued the whole day and
>|night.
109|Madhya 8.10
110|TEXT 10
111|TEXT
112|purvavat 'vaisnava' kari' sarva loka-gane
113|godavari-tire prabhu aila kata-dine
114|SYNONYMS
115|purva-vat-as previously; vaisnava-devotees; kari'-making;
>|sarva-all; loka-gane-the people; godavari-tire-on the bank
>|of the river Godavari; prabhu-the Lord; aila-arrived; kata-
>|dine-after some days.
116|TRANSLATION
117|As previously, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu converted to
>|Vaisnavism many people He met on the road. After some days,
>|the Lord reached the banks of the River Godavari.
118|Madhya 8.11
119|TEXT 11
120|TEXT
121|godavari dekhi' ha-ila 'yamuna'-smarana
122|tire vana dekhi' smrti haila vrndavana
123|SYNONYMS
124|godavari-the River Godavari; dekhi'-seeing; ha-ila-there
>|was; yamuna smarana-remembrance of the River Yamuna; tire-
>|on the banks; vana-the forests; dekhi'-seeing; smrti-
>|remembrance; haila-there was; vrndavana-Sri Vrndavana.
125|TRANSLATION
126|When He saw the River Godavari, the Lord remembered the
>|River Yamuna, and when He saw the forest on the banks of
>|the river, He remembered Sri Vrndavana-dhama.
127|Madhya 8.12
128|TEXT 12
129|TEXT
130|sei vane kata-ksana kari' nrtya-gana
131|godavari para hana tahan kaila snana
132|SYNONYMS
133|sei vane-in that forest; kata-ksana-for some time; kari'-
>|performing; nrtya-gana-dancing and chanting; godavari-the
>|river; para hana-crossing; tahan-there; kaila-took; snana-
>|bath.
134|TRANSLATION
135|After performing His usual chanting and dancing for some
>|time in this forest, the Lord crossed the river and took
>|His bath on the other bank.
136|Madhya 8.13
137|TEXT 13
138|TEXT
139|ghata chadi' kata-dure jala-sannidhane
140|vasi' prabhu kare krsna-nama-sankirtane
141|SYNONYMS
142|ghata chadi'-leaving the bathing place; kata-dure-a short
>|distance away; jala-sannidhane-near the water; vasi'-
>|sitting; prabhu-the Lord; kare-does; krsna-nama-sankirtane-
>|chanting of the holy name of Lord Krsna.
143|TRANSLATION
144|After bathing in the river, the Lord walked a little
>|distance from the bathing place and engaged in chanting the
>|holy name of Krsna.
145|Madhya 8.14
146|TEXT 14
147|TEXT
148|hena-kale dolaya cadi' ramananda raya
149|snana karibare aila, bajana bajaya
150|SYNONYMS
151|hena-kale-at this time; dolaya cadi'-riding on a palanquin;
>|ramananda raya-Srila Ramananda Raya; snana-bath; karibare-
>|to take; aila-came there; bajana bajaya-accompanied by a
>|musical band.
152|TRANSLATION
153|At that time, accompanied by the sounds of music, Ramananda
>|Raya came there on a palanquin to take his bath.
154|Madhya 8.15
155|TEXT 15
156|TEXT
157|tanra sange bahu aila vaidika brahmana
158|vidhi-mate kaila tenho snanadi-tarpana
159|SYNONYMS
160|tanra sange-with him; bahu-many; aila-came; vaidika-
>|following the Vedic principles; brahmana-brahmanas; vidhi-
>|mate-according to ritualistic ceremonies; kaila-did; tenho-
>|he, Srila Ramananda Raya; snana-adi-tarpana-bathing and
>|offering oblations, etc.
161|TRANSLATION
162|Many brahmanas, following the Vedic principles ,
>|accompanied Ramananda Raya. According to the Vedic rituals,
>|Ramananda Raya took his bath and offered oblations to his
>|forefathers.
163|Madhya 8.16
164|TEXT 16
165|TEXT
166|prabhu tanre dekhi' janila-ei rama-raya
167|tanhare milite prabhura mana uthi' dhaya
168|SYNONYMS
169|prabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanre-him; dekhi'-seeing;
>|janila-could understand; ei-this; rama-raya-Srila Ramananda
>|Raya; tanhare-him; milite-to meet; prabhura-of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mana-mind; uthi'-rising; dhaya-runs
>|after.
170|TRANSLATION
171|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could understand that the person
>|who had come to bathe in the river was Ramananda Raya. The
>|Lord wanted so much to meet him that His mind immediately
>|began running after him.
172|Madhya 8.17
173|TEXT 17
174|TEXT
175|tathapi dhairya dhari' prabhu rahila vasiya
176|ramananda aila apurva sannyasi dekhiya
177|SYNONYMS
178|tathapi-still; dhariya dhari'-keeping patient; prabhu-Lord
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; rahila-remained; vasiya-sitting;
>|ramananda-Srila Ramananda Raya; aila-arrived; apurva-
>|wonderful; sannyasi-renunciant; dekhiya-seeing.
179|TRANSLATION
180|Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was running after him
>|mentally, He patiently remained sitting. Ramananda Raya,
>|seeing the wonderful sannyasi, then came to see Him.
181|Madhya 8.18
182|TEXT 18
183|TEXT
184|surya-sata-sama kanti, aruna vasana
185|subalita prakanda deha, kamala-locana
186|SYNONYMS
187|surya-sata-hundreds of suns; sama-like; kanti-luster; aruna-
>|saffron; vasana-garments; subalita-very strongly built;
>|prakanda-big; deha-body; kamala-locana-eyes like lotus
>|petals.
188|TRANSLATION
189|Srila Ramananda Raya then saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be
>|as brilliant as a hundred suns. The Lord was covered by a
>|saffron garment. He was large in body and very strongly
>|built, and His eyes were like lotus petals.
190|Madhya 8.19
191|TEXT 19
192|TEXT
193|dekhiya tanhara mane haila camatkara
194|asiya karila dandavat namaskara
195|SYNONYMS
196|dekhiya-seeing; tanhara-his; mane-in the mind; haila-there
>|was; camatkara-wonder; asiya-coming there; karila-did;
>|danda-vat-like a rod; namaskara-obeisances.
197|TRANSLATION
198|When Ramananda Raya saw the wonderful sannyasi, he was
>|struck with wonder. He went to Him and immediately offered
>|his respectful obeisances, falling down flat like a rod.
199|Madhya 8.20
200|TEXT 20
201|TEXT
202|uthi' prabhu kahe,-utha, kaha 'krsna' 'krsna'
203|tare alingite prabhura hrdaya satrsna
204|SYNONYMS
205|uthi'-rising; prabhu-the Lord; kahe-said; utha-get up; kaha-
>|chant; krsna krsna-the holy name of Lord Krsna; tare-him;
>|alingite-to embrace; prabhura-of Lord Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; hrdaya-the heart; sa-trsna-very eager.
206|TRANSLATION
207|The Lord stood up and asked Ramananda Raya to arise and
>|chant the holy name of Krsna. Indeed, Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu was very eager to embrace him.
208|Madhya 8.21
209|TEXT 21
210|TEXT
211|tathapi puchila,-tumi raya ramananda?
212|tenho kahe,-sei hana dasa sudra manda
213|SYNONYMS
214|tathapi-still; puchila-He inquired; tumi-you; raya
>|ramananda-Ramananda Raya; tenho kahe-he replied; sei hana-I
>|am that; dasa-servant; sudra-belonging to the sudra
>|community; manda-very low.
215|TRANSLATION
216|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then inquired whether he was
>|Ramananda Raya, and he replied, "Yes, I am Your very low
>|servant, and I belong to the sudra community."
217|Madhya 8.22
218|TEXT 22
219|TEXT
220|tabe tare kaila prabhu drdha alingana
221|premavese prabhu-bhrtya donhe acetana
222|SYNONYMS
223|tabe-thereafter; tare-him; kaila-did; prabhu-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; drdha-firm; alingana-embracing; prema-
>|avese-in ecstatic love; prabhu-bhrtya-the servant and the
>|master; donhe-both; acetana-unconscious.
224|TRANSLATION
225|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then embraced Sri Ramananda Raya
>|very firmly. Indeed, both the master and the servant almost
>|lost consciousness due to ecstatic love.
226|Madhya 8.23
227|TEXT 23
228|TEXT
229|svabhavika prema donhara udaya karila
230|dunha alingiya dunhe bhumite padila
231|SYNONYMS
232|svabhavika-natural; prema-love; donhara-of both of them;
>|udaya-awakening; karila-there was; dunha-both; alingiya-
>|embracing; dunhe-both of them; bhumite-on the ground;
>|padila-fell down.
233|TRANSLATION
234|Their natural love for each other was awakened in them both,
>| and they embraced and fell down on the ground.
235|PURPORT
236|Srila Ramananda Raya was an incarnation of the gopi Visakha.
>| Since Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was Lord Krsna Himself,
>|there was naturally an awakening of love between Visakha
>|and Krsna. Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the combination
>|of Srimati Radharani and Krsna. the gopi Visakha is a
>|principal gopi assisting Srimati Radharani.
>|Ramananda Raya and Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu embraced , since their natural love also was
>|awakened.
237|Madhya 8.24
238|TEXT 24
239|TEXT
240|stambha, sveda, asru, kampa, pulaka, vaivarnya
241|dunhara mukhete suni' gadgada 'krsna' varna
242|SYNONYMS
243|stambha-paralysis; sveda-perspiration; asru-tears; kampa-
>|shivering; pulaka-horripilation; vaivarnya-paleness;
>|dunhara-of both of them; mukhete-in the mouth; suni'-
>|hearing; gadgada-faltering; krsna varna-Krsna's name.
244|TRANSLATION
245|When they embraced each other, ecstatic symptoms-paralysis,
>|perspiration, tears, shivering, paleness and standing up of
>|the bodily hairs-appeared. The word "Krsna" came from their
>|mouths falteringly.
246|Madhya 8.25
247|TEXT 25
248|TEXT
249|dekhiya brahmana-ganera haila camatkara
250|vaidika brahmana saba karena vicara
251|SYNONYMS
252|dekhiya-seeing this; brahmana-ganera-of the ritualistic
>|brahmanas; haila-there was; camatkara-wonder; vaidika-
>|followers of Vedic ritualistic ceremonies; brahmana-the
>|brahmanas; saba-all; karena-did; vicara-consideration.
253|TRANSLATION
254|When the stereotyped, ritualistic brahmanas who were
>|following the Vedic principles saw this ecstatic
>|manifestation of love, they were struck with wonder. All
>|these brahmanas began to reflect as follows.
255|Madhya 8.26
256|TEXT 26
257|TEXT
258|ei ta' sannyasira teja dekhi brahma-sama
259|sudre alingiya kene karena krandana
260|SYNONYMS
261|ei ta'-this indeed; sannyasira-of the sannyasi, Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; teja-bodily effulgence; dekhi-we see;
>|brahma-sama-exactly like Brahman; sudre-a sudra, or worker;
>|alingiya-embracing; kene-why; karena-does; krandana-crying.
262|TRANSLATION
263|These brahmanas began to think, "We can see that this
>|sannyasi has a luster like the effulgence of Brahman, but
>|how is it He is crying upon embracing a sudra, a member of
>|the fourth caste in the social order?"
264|Madhya 8.27
265|TEXT 27
266|TEXT
267|ei maharaja-maha-pandita, gambhira
268|sannyasira sparse matta ha-ila asthira
269|SYNONYMS
270|ei maharaja-this Ramananda Raya, who is the Governor; maha-
>|pandita-a very learned person; gambhira-grave; sannyasira
>|sparse-by touching a sannyasi; matta-mad; ha-ila-became;
>|asthira-restless.
271|TRANSLATION
272|They thought, "This Ramananda Raya is the Governor of
>|Madras, a highly learned and grave person, a maha-pandita,
>|but upon touching this sannyasi he has become restless like
>|a madman."
273|Madhya 8.28
274|TEXT 28
275|TEXT
276|ei-mata vipra-gana bhave mane mana
277|vijatiya loka dekhi, prabhu kaila samvarana
278|SYNONYMS
279|ei-mata-in this way; vipra-gana-all the brahmanas; bhave-
>|think; mane mana-within their minds; vijatiya loka-outside
>|people; dekhi-seeing; prabhu-Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|kaila-did; samvarana-restraining.
280|TRANSLATION
281|While the brahmanas were thinking in this way about the
>|activities of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Raya,
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw those outsiders and restrained
>|His transcendental emotions.
282|PURPORT
283|Ramananda Raya was intimately related to Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; therefore he can be accepted as a sajatiya, a
>|person within the intimate circle of the Lord. The
>|brahmanas, however, were followers of the Vedic rituals and
>|were not able to have an intimate connection with Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Consequently they are called vijatiya-
>|loka. In other words, they were not pure devotees. One may
>|be a highly learned brahmana, but if he is not a pure
>|devotee he is a vijatiya, an outcaste, one outside
>|devotional service-in other words, a nondevotee. Although
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Raya were embracing
>|in ecstasy, the Lord restrained His transcendental emotions
>|upon seeing the outsider brahmanas.
284|Madhya 8.29
285|TEXT 29
286|TEXT
287|sustha hana dunhe sei sthanete vasila
288|tabe hasi' mahaprabhu kahite lagila
289|SYNONYMS
290|su-stha hana-becoming steady; dunhe-both of them; sei-that;
>|sthanete-in the place; vasila-sat down; tabe-then; hasi'-
>|smiling; mahaprabhu-Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kahite-to speak;
>|lagila-began.
291|TRANSLATION
292|When they regained their sanity, they both sat down, and
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu smiled and began to speak as
>|follows.
293|Madhya 8.30
294|TEXT 30
295|TEXT
296|'sarvabhauma bhattacarya kahila tomara gune
297|tomare milite more karila yatane
298|SYNONYMS
299|sarvabhauma bhattacarya-of the name Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya;
>| kahila-has spoken; tomara-your; gune-good qualities;
>|tomare-you; milite-to meet; more-Me; karila-made; yatane-
>|endeavor.
300|TRANSLATION
301|"Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya spoke of your good qualities, and
>|he made a great endeavor to convince Me to meet you.
302|Madhya 8.31
303|TEXT 31
304|TEXT
305|toma milibare mora etha agamana
306|bhala haila, anayase pailun darasana'
307|SYNONYMS
308|toma-you; milibare-to meet; mora-My; etha-here; agamana-
>|coming; bhala haila-it was very good; anayase-without
>|difficulty; pailun-I have gotten; darasana-interview.
309|TRANSLATION
310|"Indeed, I have come here just to meet you. It is very good
>|that even without making an effort I have gotten your
>|interview here."
311|Madhya 8.32
312|TEXT 32
313|TEXT
314|raya kahe,-sarvabhauma kare bhrtya-jnana
315|parokseha mora hite haya savadhana
316|SYNONYMS
317|raya kahe-Ramananda Raya replied; sarvabhauma-Sarvabhauma
>|Bhattacarya; kare-does; bhrtya-jnana-thinks of me as his
>|servant; parokseha-in my absence; mora-of me; hite-for the
>|benefit; haya-is; savadhana-always careful.
318|TRANSLATION
319|Ramananda Raya replied, "Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya thinks of
>|me as his servant. Even in my absence he is very careful to
>|do me good.
320|Madhya 8.33
321|TEXT 33
322|TEXT
323|tanra krpaya painu tomara darasana
324|aji saphala haila mora manusya-janama
325|SYNONYMS
326|tanra krpaya-by his mercy; painu-I have gotten; tomara-Your;
>| darasana-interview; aji-today; sa-phala-successful; haila-
>|has become; mora-my; manusya-janama-birth as a human being.
327|TRANSLATION
328|"By his mercy I have received Your interview here.
>|Consequently I consider that today I have become a
>|successful human being.
329|Madhya 8.34
330|TEXT 34
331|TEXT
332|sarvabhaume tomara krpa,-tara ei cihna
333|asprsya sparsile hana tanra premadhina
334|SYNONYMS
335|sarvabhaume-unto Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; tomara-Your; krpa-
>|mercy; tara-of such mercy; ei-this; cihna-the symptom;
>|asprsya-untouchable; sparsile-You have touched; hana-
>|becoming; tanra-his; prema-adhina-influenced by love.
336|TRANSLATION
337|"I can see that You have bestowed special mercy upon
>|Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. Therefore You have touched me,
>|although I am untouchable. This is due only to his love for
>|You.
338|Madhya 8.35
339|TEXT 35
340|TEXT
341|kahan tumi-saksat isvara narayana
342|kahan muni-raja-sevi visayi sudradhama
343|SYNONYMS
344|kahan-whereas; tumi-You; saksat-directly; isvara narayana-
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kahan-whereas; muni-I;
>|raja-sevi-government servant; visayi-materialist; sudra-
>|adhama-worse than a sudra, or fourth-class man.
345|TRANSLATION
346|"You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana
>|Himself, and I am only a government servant interested in
>|materialistic activities. Indeed, I am the lowest amongst
>|men of the fourth caste.
347|Madhya 8.36
348|TEXT 36
349|TEXT
350|mora sparse na karile ghrna, veda-bhaya
351|mora darsana toma vede nisedhaya
352|SYNONYMS
353|mora-of me; sparse-by the touch; na-not; karile-You did;
>|ghrna-hatred; veda-bhaya-afraid of the injunctions of the
>|Vedas; mora-of me; darsana-seeing; toma-You; vede-the Vedic
>|injunctions; nisedhaya-forbid.
354|TRANSLATION
355|"You do not fear the Vedic injunctions stating that You
>|should not associate with a sudra. You were not
>|contemptuous of my touch, although in the Vedas You are
>|forbidden to associate with sudras.
356|PURPORT
357|In the Bhagavad-gita (9.32) the Lord says:
358|mam hi partha vyapasritya
359|ye 'pi syuh papa -
>|yonayah
360|striyo vaisyas tatha sudras
361|te 'pi yanti param gatim
362|"O son of Prtha, those who take shelter in Me, though they
>|be of lower birth-women, vaisyas [merchants], as well as
>|sudras [workers]-can attain the supreme destination."
363|The word papa-yonayah means "born of lower -caste
>|women." The vaisyas are merchants , and the sudras or
>|workers are servants . According to Vedic
>|classifications, they belong to a lower social
>|order. A low life means a life without Krsna consciousness.
>|High and low positions in society were calculated by
>|considering a person's Krsna consciousness. A brahmana is
>|considered to be on the highest platform because he knows
>|Brahman, the Absolute Truth. The second caste, the ksatriya
>|caste, also know Brahman, but not as well as the brahmanas.
>|The vaisyas and sudras do not clearly understand God
>|consciousness, but if they take to Krsna consciousness by
>|the mercy of Krsna and the spiritual master, they do not
>|remain in the lower castes (papa-yonayah). It is clearly
>|stated: te 'pi yanti param gatim.
364|Unless one has attained the highest standard of life, one
>|cannot return home, back to Godhead. One may be a sudra,
>|vaisya or woman, but if one is situated in the service of
>|the Lord in Krsna consciousness, one should not be
>|considered stri, sudra, vaisya or lower than sudra. Though
>|a person may be from a lowborn family, if he is engaged in
>|the Lord's service he should never be considered to&