তামা, কাঙ্সা, রূপা, সোনা, রত্নচিন্তামণি কেহ যদি কাহাঙ্পোতা পায একখানি
तामा, काङ्सा, रूपा, सोना, रत्नचिन्तामणि केह यदि काहाङ्पोता पाय एकखानि
tāmā, kāṅsā, rūpā, sonā, ratna-cintāmaṇi keha yadi kāhāṅ potā pāya eka-khāni
Synonyms
tāmā—copper; kāṅsā—bell metal; rūpā—silver; sonā—gold; ratna-cintāmaṇi—the best of all metals; keha—somebody; yadi—if; kāhāṅ—somewhere; potā—buried; pāya—finds; eka-khāni—in one place..
Translation
Actually these conversations are like a great mine wherefrom one can extract all kinds of metal—copper, bell metal, silver, gold, base metals and all others. They are like a touchstone buried in one place.
Purport
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the conversations between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Rāmānanda Rāya replied to five questions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, stated in verses 57-67. The first answer is compared to copper, and the fifth answer is most valuable because it deals with unalloyed devotion, the ultimate goal of devotional life, and illuminates the preceding four subordinate answers.
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura points out that in Vrajabhūmi there is the Yamunā River with its sandy banks. There are kadamba trees, cows, Kṛṣṇa's sticks with which He herds cows, and Kṛṣṇa's flute. All of these belong to the śānta-rasa, the mellow of neutrality in devotional service. There are also the direct servants of Kṛṣṇa named Citraka, Patraka and Raktaka, and these are the embodiments of service in the mellow of servitude. There are also friends like Śrīdāmā, Sudāmā and others who embody service in fraternity. Nanda Mahārāja and mother Yaśodā are the embodiments of paternal love. Above all of these is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Her assistants, the gopīs Lalitā, Viśākhā and others. In this way all five mellows—śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya and mādhurya—exist eternally. They are also compared to metals like copper, bell metal, silver, gold and touchstone. Śrīla Kavirāja Gosvāmī therefore refers to a metal mine eternally existing in Vṛndāvana, Vrajabhūmi.