Antya-līlāChapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's Second Meeting With the Lord

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 1.198

madhura prasanna ihāra kāvya sālańkāra

aiche kavitva vinu nahe rasera pracāra

SYNONYMS

madhura — sweet; prasanna — pleasing; ihāra — his; kāvya — poetry; sa-alańkāra — with metaphors and other ornaments; aiche — such as that; kavitva — poetic qualifications; vinu — without; nahe — there is not; rasera — of mellows; pracāra — preaching.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu praised the metaphors and other literary ornaments of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's transcendental poetry. Without such poetic attributes, He said, there is no possibility of preaching transcendental mellows.

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