Volume 3 - Prabhupada Books

248 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 8
"0 great sage, of the many millions of liberated persons and of the millions who
have attained perfection, he who is a devotee of Lord Narayal)a is very, very rare.
Indeed, he is the most perfect and peaceful person."
TEXT 250
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'gana-madhye kana gana -jivera nija dharma?'
'radha-km1era prema-ke/i'-yei gitera marma
SYNONYMS
gana-madhye-among songs; kana gana-which song; jivera-of the living
entity; nija-his own; dharma-religion; radha-k[$f)era prema-keli-the loving
affairs of Radha and Kf�l)a; yei-which; gitera-of the song; marma-purport.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu next asked Ramananda Raya, "Among many
songs, which song is to be considered the actual religion of the living entityl"
Ramananda Raya replied, "That song describing the loving affairs of Sri Radha
and Kr�r;�a is superior to all other songs!'
PURPORT
As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1 0.33.37):
anugrahaya bhutanarh
manu$arh deham asthita/:1
bhajate tadrsi/:1 kric;fa
ya/:1 srutva tat-para bhavet
"Lord Kr�t:�a descends apparently as a human being, and He exhibits His transcen­
dental pastimes in Vrndavana so that the conditioned soul may be attracted to
hearing His transcendental activities." Nondevotees are strictly prohibited from
participating in songs celebrating the loving affairs of Radha and Kf�l)a. Unless one
is a devotee, it is very dangerous to hear the songs about the pastimes of Radha
and Kr�t:�a that were written by Jayadeva Gosvami, Cat:�c;lidasa and other exalted
devotees. Lord Siva drank an ocean of poison, but one should not imitate this.
One must first become a pure devotee of Lord Kf�l)a. Only then can one enjoy
hearing the songs of jayadeva and relish transcendental bliss. If one simply imi­
tates the activities of Lord Siva and drinks poison, one will certainly meet with
death.