Madhya-līlā

Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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Cc Madhya 8.28

এইমত বিপ্রগণ ভাবে মনে মন বিজাতীয লোক দেখি, প্রভু কৈল সংবরণ

एइमत विप्रगण भावे मने मन विजातीय लोक देखि, प्रभु कैल संवरण

ei-mata vipra-gaṇa bhāve mane mana vijātīya loka dekhi, prabhu kaila saṁvaraṇa

Synonyms

ei-matain this way; vipra-gaṇaall the brāhmaṇas; bhāvethink; mane manawithin their minds; vijātīya lokaoutside people; dekhiseeing; prabhuLord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kailadid; saṁvaraṇarestraining..

Translation

While the brāhmaṇas were thinking in this way about the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the brāhmaṇas and restrained His transcendental emotions.

Purport

Rāmānanda Rāya was intimately related to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; therefore he can be accepted as a sajātīya, a person within the intimate circle of the Lord. The brāhmaṇas, however, were followers of the Vedic rituals and were not able to have an intimate connection with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Consequently they are called vijātīya-loka. In other words, they were not pure devotees. One may be a highly learned brāhmaṇa, but if he is not a pure devotee he is a vijātīya, an outcaste, one outside devotional service—in other words, a nondevotee. Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya were embracing in ecstasy, the Lord restrained His transcendental emotions upon seeing the outsider brāhmaṇas.

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