Madhya-līlā

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 348 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.348

গৌডেন্দ্রস্য সভাবিভূষণমণিস্ত্যক্ত্বা য ঋদ্ধাং শ্রিযং রূপস্যাগ্রজ এষ এব তরুণীং বৈরাগ্যলক্ষ্মীং দধে অন্তর্ভক্তিরসেন পূর্ণহৃদযো বাহ্যে ঽবধূতাকৃতিঃ শৈবালৈঃ পিহিতং মহাসর ইব প্রীতিপ্রদস্তদ্বিদাম্

गौडेन्द्रस्य सभाविभूषणमणिस्त्यक्त्वा य ऋद्धां श्रियं रूपस्याग्रज एष एव तरुणीं वैराग्यलक्ष्मीं दधे अन्तर्भक्तिरसेन पूर्णहृदयो बाह्ये ऽवधूताकृतिः शैवालैः पिहितं महासर इव प्रीतिप्रदस्तद्विदाम्

gauḍendrasya sabhā-vibhūṣaṇa-maṇis tyaktvā ya ṛddhāṁ śriyaṁ rūpasyāgraja eṣa eva taruṇīṁ vairāgya-lakṣmīṁ dadhe antar-bhakti-rasena pūrṇa-hṛdayo bāhye 'vadhūtākṛtiḥ śaivālaiḥ pihitaṁ mahā-sara iva prīti-pradas tad-vidām

Synonyms

gauḍa-indrasyaof the ruler of Gauḍa-deśa (Bengal); sabhāof the parliament; vibhūṣaṇafundamental; maṇiḥthe gem; tyaktvārelinquishing; yaḥone who; ṛddhāmopulent; śriyamkingly enjoyment; rūpasya agrajaḥthe elder brother of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; eṣaḥthis; evacertainly; taruṇīmyouthful; vairāgya-lakṣmīmthe fortune of renunciation; dadheaccepted; antaḥ-bhakti-rasenaby the mellows of inner love of Kṛṣṇa; pūrṇa-hṛdayaḥsatisfied fully; bāhyeexternally; avadhūta-ākṛtiḥthe dress of a mendicant; śaivālaiḥby moss; pihitamcovered; mahā-saraḥa great lake or very deep lake; ivalike; prīti-pradaḥvery pleasing; tat-vidāmto persons acquainted with the science of devotional service..

Translation

"Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, the elder brother of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, was a most important minister in the government of Hussain Shah, the ruler of Bengal, and he was considered a most brilliant gem in that assembly. He possessed all the opulences of a royal position, but he gave up everything just to accept the youthful goddess of renunciation. Although he externally appeared to be a mendicant who had renounced everything, he was filled with the pleasure of devotional service within his heart. Thus he can be compared to a deep lake covered with moss. He was the object of pleasure for all the devotees who knew the science of devotional service.

Purport

This and the following two verses are from Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka (9.34, 35, 38).

Verse 348 of 355
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