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raya kahe,--"rupera kavya amrtera pura

tara madhye eka bindu diyache karpura"

SYNONYMS

raya kahe—Srila Ramananda Raya says; rupera kavya—the poetic expression of Srila Rupa Gosvami; amrtera pura—filled with all nectar; tara madhye—within that; eka bindu—one drop; diyache—he has given; karpura—camphor.

Srila Ramananda Raya objected, “It is not alkali at all.

It is a particle of camphor he has put into the nectar of his exalted poetic expression.”