Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Texts 72-78
Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 72
tate jani, -- haya tomara krpara bhajana
TRANSLATION
Srila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami replied to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, "If Rupa Gosvami can understand Your mind and intentions, he must have Your Lordship's special benediction."
Text 73
alingana kailu sarva-sakti sancariya
TRANSLATION
The Lord said, "I was so pleased with Rupa Gosvami that I embraced him and bestowed upon him all necessary potencies for preaching the bhakti cult.
Text 74
tumio kahio tare gudha-rasakhyane
TRANSLATION
"I accept Srila Rupa Gosvami as quite fit to understand the confidential mellows of devotional service, and I recommend that you explain devotional service to him further."
Text 75
sanksepe uddesa kaila prastava paina
TRANSLATION
I shall describe all these incidents elaborately later on. Now I have given only a brief reference.
Text 76
tathaham sa radha tad idam ubhayoh sangama-sukham
tathapy antah-khelan-madhura-murali-pancama-juse
mano me kalindi-pulina-vipinaya sprhayati
TRANSLATION
[This is a verse spoken by Srimati Radharani.] "My dear friend, now I have met My very old and dear friend Krsna on this field of Kuruksetra. I am the same Radharani, and now We are meeting together. It is very pleasant, but still I would like to go to the bank of the Yamuna beneath the trees of the forest there. I wish to hear the vibration of His sweet flute playing the fifth note within that forest of Vrndavana."
Text 77
jagannatha dekhi' yaiche prabhura bhavana
TRANSLATION
Now, O devotees, please hear a brief explanation of this verse. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was thinking in this way after having seen the Jagannatha Deity.
Text 78
yadyapi payena, tabu bhavena aichana
TRANSLATION
The subject of His thoughts was Srimati Radharani, who met Krsna on the field of Kuruksetra. Although She met Krsna there, She was nonetheless thinking of Him in the following way.