Madhya 8.130-131

TEXTS 130-131

TEXT

যদ্যপি রায় - প্রেমী, মহাভাগবতে ।
তাঁর মন কৃষ্ণমায়া নারে আচ্ছাদিতে ॥ ১৩০ ॥

yadyapi raya-premi, maha-bhagavate

taṅra mana krsna-maya nare acchadite

tathapi prabhura iccha-parama prabala

janileha rayera mana haila talamala

SYNONYMS

yadyapi-although; raya-Ramananda Raya; premi-a great lover of Krsna; maha-bhagavate-a topmost devotee; taṅra-his; mana-mind; krsna-maya-the illusory energy of Krsna; nare-not able; acchadite-to cover; tathapi-still; prabhura iccha-the Lord's desire; parama prabala-very intense; janileha-even though it was known; rayera mana-the mind of Ramananda Raya; haila-there was; talamala-agitation.

TRANSLATION

Sri Ramananda Raya was a great devotee of the Lord and a lover of God, and although his mind could not be covered by Krsna's illusory energy, and although he could understand the mind of the Lord, which was very strong and intense, Ramananda's mind became a little agitated.

PURPORT

The perfect devotee always acts according to the desires of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, a materialistic man is carried away by the waves of the material energy. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has said, mayara vase, yaccha bhese, khaccha habudubu, bhai.

A person under the grip of the material energy is carried away by the waves of that illusory energy. In other words, a person in the material world is a servant of maya. However, a person in the spiritual energy is a servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although Ramananda Raya knew that nothing was unknown to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he nonetheless began to speak further on the subject because the Lord desired it.