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CC Madhya 24.348

গৌড়েন্দ্রস্য সভা-বিভূষণমণিস্ত্যক্ত্বা য ঋদ্ধাং শ্রিয়ং
রূপস্যাগ্রজ এষ এব তরুণীং বৈরাগ্যলক্ষ্মীং দধে ।
অন্তর্ভক্তিরসেন পূর্ণহৃদয়ো বাহ্যেহ্বধূতাকৃতিঃ
শৈবালৈঃ পিহিতং মহা-সর ইব প্রীতিপ্রদস্তদ্বিদাম্ ॥ ৩৪৮ ॥
gauḍendrasya sabhā-vibhūṣaṇa-maṇis tyaktvā ya ṛddhāṁ śriyaṁ
rūpasyāgraja eṣa eva taruṇīṁ vairāgya-lakṣmīṁ dadhe
antar-bhakti-rasena pūrṇa-hṛdayo bāhye ’vadhūtākṛtiḥ
śaivālaiḥ pihitaṁ mahā-sara iva prīti-pradas tad-vidām

Synonyms

gauḍa-indrasyaof the ruler of Gauḍa-deśa (Bengal); sabhāof the parliament; vibhūṣaṇafundamental; maṇiḥthe gem; tyaktvārelinquishing; yaḥone who; ṛddhāmopulent; śriyamkingly enjoyment; rūpasya agrajaḥthe elder brother of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; eṣaḥthis; evacertainly; taruṇīmyouthful; vairāgya-lakṣmīmthe fortune of renunciation; dadheaccepted; antaḥ-bhakti-rasenaby the mellows of inner love of Kṛṣṇa; pūrṇa-hṛdayaḥsatisfied fully; bāhyeexternally; avadhūta-ākṛtiḥthe dress of a mendicant; śaivālaiḥby moss; pihitamcovered; mahā-saraḥa great lake or very deep lake; ivalike; prīti-pradaḥvery pleasing; tat-vidāmto persons acquainted with the science of devotional service.

Translation

“Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, the elder brother of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, was a most important minister in the government of Hussain Shah, the ruler of Bengal, and he was considered a most brilliant gem in that assembly. He possessed all the opulences of a royal position, but he gave up everything just to accept the youthful goddess of renunciation. Although he externally appeared to be a mendicant who had renounced everything, he was filled with the pleasure of devotional service within his heart. Thus he can be compared to a deep lake covered with moss. He was the object of pleasure for all the devotees who knew the science of devotional service.

Purport

This and the following two verses are from Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka (9.34, 35, 38).