Antya-līlā

Chapter 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

Verse 71 of 159
Cc Antya 5.71

রামানন্দ রাযকথা কহিলে না হয ঽমনুষ্যঽ নহে রায, কৃষ্ণভক্তিরসময

रामानन्द रायकथा कहिले ना हय ऽमनुष्यऽ नहे राय, कृष्णभक्तिरसमय

rāmānanda rāya-kathā kahile nā haya 'manuṣya' nahe rāya, kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa-maya

Synonyms

rāmānanda rāya-kathāthe speeches of Rāmānanda Rāya; kahiledescribing; nā hayais not possible; manuṣyaan ordinary human being; naheis not; rāyaRāmānanda Rāya; kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa-mayaabsorbed in the devotional service of Lord Kṛṣṇa..

Translation

"I cannot properly describe the discourses of Rāmānanda Rāya, for he is not an ordinary human being. He is fully absorbed in the devotional service of the Lord.

Purport

One is forbidden to accept the guru, or spiritual master, as an ordinary human being (guruṣu nara-matiḥ). When Rāmānanda Rāya spoke to Pradyumna Miśra, Pradyumna Miśra could understand that Rāmānanda Rāya was not an ordinary human being. A spiritually advanced person who acts with authority, as the spiritual master, speaks as the Supreme Personality of Godhead dictates from within. Thus it is not he that is personally speaking. When a pure devotee or spiritual master speaks, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the paramparā system.

Verse 71 of 159
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