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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 268

pahile dekhiluṅ tomāra sannyāsi-svarūpa
ebe tomā dekhi muñi śyāma-gopa-rūpa

SYNONYMS

pahile—in the beginning; dekhiluṅ—I saw; tomāra—Your; sannyāsi-svarūpa—form as a person in the renounced order; ebe—now; tomā—You; dekhi—see; muñi—I; śyāma-gopa-rūpa—form as Śyāmasundara, the cowherd boy.

TRANSLATION

Rāmānanda Rāya then told Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “At first I saw You appear like a sannyāsī, but now I am seeing You as Śyāmasundara, the cowherd boy.