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priya-svarupe dayita-svarupe
prema-svarupe sahajabhirupe
nijanurupe prabhur eka-rupe
tatana rupe svavilasa-rupe
SYNONYMS
priya-svarupe—unto the person whose dear friend was Srila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; dayita-svarupe—who was very dear to Him (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu); prema-svarupe—unto the replica of His personal ecstatic love; sahaja-abhirupe—who was naturally very beautiful; nija-anurupe—who exactly followed the principles of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prabhuh—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; eka-rupe—to the one; tatana—explained; rupe—unto Rupa Gosvami; sva-vilasa-rupe—who describes the pastimes of Lord Krsna “Indeed, Srila Rupa Gosvami, whose dear friend was Svarupa Damodara, was the exact replica of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and he was very, very dear to the Lord.
Being the embodiment of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s ecstatic love, Rupa Gosvami was naturally very beautiful.
He very carefully followed the principles enunciated by the Lord, and he was a competent person to explain properly the pastimes of Lord Krsna.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu expanded His mercy to Srila Rupa Gosvami just so he could render service by writing transcendental literatures.”