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276 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 8
are overly attached to mundane activities cannot understand the ecstatic conver­
sations between Ramananda Raya and Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Consequently the
Lord requested that Ramananda Raya keep all these conversations secret and not
expose them to the general populace. If one is actually advanced in Kr�t:�a con­
sciousness, he can understand these confidential talks; otherwise they appear
crazy. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore informed Ramananda Raya that they
both appeared as madmen and were therefore on the same platform. It is con­
firmed in Bhagavad-gita:
ya nisa sarva-bhOtanarh
tasyarh jagarti sarhyami
yasyarh jagrati bhutani
sa nisa pasyato mune/:1
"What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and
the time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage:' (Bg. 2.69)
Sometimes Kr�t:�a consciousness appears like a type of madness to mundane
people, just as the activities of mundaners are considered a form of madness by
Kr�t:�a conscious men.
TEXT 292
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ei-rupa da5a-ratri ramananda-sange
sukhe gonaila prabhu kr�tJa-katha-range
SYNONYMS
ei-rupa-in this way; dasa-ratri-ten nights; ramananda sar'lge-with SrT Rama­
nanda Raya; sukhe-in great happiness; gor'lai/a-passed; prabhu-Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kr�Qa-katha-range-in transcendental pleasure by discuss­
ing talks of Kr�t:Ja.
TRANSLATION
For ten nights Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Raya spent a
happy time discussing the pastimes of Km1a.
TEXT 293
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