15.69

punah kahe,--’haya haya, pada pada rama-raya’, kahe prabhu gadgada akhyane

ramananda pade sloka, suni’ prabhura harsa-soka, apane prabhu karena vyakhyane

SYNONYMS

punah—again; kahe—says; haya haya—alas, alas; pada pada—go on reading; rama-raya—Ramananda Raya; kahe—says; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gadgada akhyane—in a faltering voice; ramananda—Ramananda Raya; pade—reads; sloka—a verse; suni’-hearing; prabhura—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; harsa-soka—jubilation and lamentation; apane—personally; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; karena vyakhyane—explains.

In a faltering voice, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu again said, “Alas, go on reading, Rama Raya.” Thus Ramananda Raya began to read a verse.

While listening to this verse, the Lord was sometimes very jubilant and sometimes overcome by lamentation.

Afterwards the Lord personally explained the verse.