Antya-lilaChapter 7: The Meeting of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Vallabha Bhatta

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 7.32

ittham satam brahma-sukhanubhutya

dasyam gatanam para-daivatena

mayasritanam nara-darakena

sakam vijahruh krta-punya-punjah

SYNONYMS

ittham -- in this way; satam -- of persons who prefer the impersonal feature of the Lord; brahma -- of the impersonal effulgence; sukha -- by the happiness; anubhutya -- who is realized; dasyam -- the mode of servitude; gatanam -- of those who have accepted; para-daivatena -- who is the supreme worshipable Deity; maya-asritanam -- for ordinary persons under the clutches of the external energy; nara-darakena -- with Him, who is like a boy of this material world; sakam -- in friendship; vijahruh -- played; krta-punya-punjah -- those who have accumulated volumes of pious activities.

TRANSLATION

"'Neither those who are engaged in self-realization, appreciating the Brahman effulgence of the Lord, nor those engaged in devotional service while accepting the Supreme Personality of Godhead as master, nor those who are under the clutches of Maya, thinking the Lord an ordinary person, can understand that certain exalted personalities, after accumulating volumes of pious activities, are now playing with the Lord in friendship as cowherd boys.'

PURPORT

This verse is from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.12.11).

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