Madhya-līlā

Chapter 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

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Cc Madhya 19.120

যঃ প্রাগেব প্রিযগুণগণৈর্গাঢবদ্ধো ঽপি মুক্তো গেহাধ্যাসাদ্রস ইব পরো মূর্ত এবাপ্যমূর্তঃ প্রেমালাপৈর্দৃঢতরপরিষ্বংগরংগৈঃ প্রযাগে তং শ্রীরূপং সমমনুপমেনানুজগ্রাহ দেবঃ

यः प्रागेव प्रियगुणगणैर्गाढबद्धो ऽपि मुक्तो गेहाध्यासाद्रस इव परो मूर्त एवाप्यमूर्तः प्रेमालापैर्दृढतरपरिष्वंगरंगैः प्रयागे तं श्रीरूपं सममनुपमेनानुजग्राह देवः

yaḥ prāg eva priya-guṇa-gaṇair gāḍha-baddho 'pi mukto gehādhyāsād rasa iva paro mūrta evāpy amūrtaḥ premālāpair dṛḍhatara-pariṣvaṅga-raṅgaiḥ prayāge taṁ śrī-rūpaṁ samam anupamenānujagrāha devaḥ

Synonyms

yaḥwho; prāk evapreviously; priya-guṇa-gaṇaiḥby the desirable transcendental qualities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; gāḍhadeeply; baddhaḥattached; apialthough; muktaḥliberated; geha-adhyāsātfrom the bondage of family life; rasaḥtranscendental mellows; ivalike; paraḥtranscendental; mūrtaḥpersonal form; evacertainly; apialthough; amūrtaḥwithout having a material form; prema-ālāpaiḥby discussions of transcendental love of the Supreme; dṛḍhatarafirm; pariṣvaṅgaof embracing; raṅgaiḥwith great pleasure; prayāgeat Prayāga; tamto him; śrī-rūpamRūpa Gosvāmī; samamwith; anupamenaAnupama; anujagrāhashowed mercy; devaḥthe Supreme Personality of Godhead..

Translation

"From the very beginning, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was deeply attracted by the transcendental qualities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Thus he was permanently relieved from family life. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and his younger brother, Vallabha, were blessed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Although the Lord was transcendentally situated in His transcendental eternal form, at Prayāga He told Rūpa Gosvāmī about transcendental ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa. The Lord then embraced him very fondly and bestowed all His mercy upon him.

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