Madhya-līlā

Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Verse 187 of 309
Cc Madhya 8.187

রায কহে,—কৃষ্ণ হয ঽধীরললিতঽ নিরন্তর কামক্রীডা—যাঙ্হার চরিত

राय कहे,—कृष्ण हय ऽधीरललितऽ निरन्तर कामक्रीडा—याङ्हार चरित

rāya kahe,—kṛṣṇa haya 'dhīra-lalita' nirantara kāma-krīḍā—yāṅhāra carita

Synonyms

rāya kaheRāya replied; kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa; hayais; dhīra-lalitaa person who can keep his girl friend always in subjugation by different qualities; nirantaraconstantly; kāma-krīḍāpastimes of sexual enjoyment; yāṅhāraof whom; caritathe character..

Translation

Rāya Rāmānanda replied, "Lord Kṛṣṇa is dhīra-lalita, for He can always keep His girl friends in a subjugated state. Thus His only business is in enjoying sense gratification.

Purport

We should always remember that Kṛṣṇa's sense gratification is never to be compared to the sense gratification of the material world. As we have already explained, Kṛṣṇa's sense gratification is just like gold. The perverted reflection of that sense gratification found in the material world is just like iron. The purport is that Kṛṣṇa is not impersonal. He has all the desires that are manifest in the perverted reflection within this material world. However, the qualities are different—one is spiritual, and the other is material. Just as there is a difference between life and death, there is a difference between spiritual sense gratification and material sense gratification.

Verse 187 of 309
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