Madhya-līlā

Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Verse 282 of 309
Cc Madhya 8.282

তবে হাসিঽ তাঙ্রে প্রভু দেখাইল স্বরূপ ঽরসরাজঽ ঽমহাভাবঽ—দুই এক রূপ

तबे हासिऽ ताङ्रे प्रभु देखाइल स्वरूप ऽरसराजऽ ऽमहाभावऽ—दुइ एक रूप

tabe hāsi' tāṅre prabhu dekhāila svarūpa 'rasa-rāja' 'mahābhāva'—dui eka rūpa

Synonyms

tabetherefore; hāsi'smiling; tāṅreunto him (Rāmānanda Rāya); prabhuthe Lord; dekhāilashowed; svarūpaHis personal form; rasa-rājathe king of all transcendental humors; mahā-bhāvathe condition of ecstatic love; duitwo; ekaone; rūpaform..

Translation

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of all pleasure, and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the personification of ecstatic love of Godhead. These two forms combined as one in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This being the case, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu revealed His real form to Rāmānanda Rāya.

Purport

This is described as rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalitaṁ naumi kṛṣṇa-svarūpam. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa was absorbed in the features of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. This was disclosed to Rāmānanda Rāya when he saw Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. An advanced devotee can understand śrī kṛṣṇa-caitanya, rādha-kṛṣṇa nahe anya. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, being a combination of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā, is nondifferent from Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa combined. This is explained by Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī:

rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī śaktir asmād
ekātmānāv api bhuvi purā deha-bhedaṁ gatau tau
caitanyākhyaṁ prakaṭam adhunā tad-dvayaṁ caikyam āptaṁ
rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalitaṁ naumi kṛṣṇa-svarūpam

(Cc. Ādi 1.5)

Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa is one. Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa is Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's pleasure potency combined. When Kṛṣṇa exhibits His pleasure potency, He appears to be two—Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Otherwise, both Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are one. This oneness may be perceived by advanced devotees through the grace of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This was the case with Rāmānanda Rāya, and such realization is possible for the advanced devotee. One may aspire to attain such a position, but one should not try to imitate the mahā-bhāgavata.

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