'gÄna-madhye kona gÄna — jÄ«vera nija dharma?'
'rÄdhÄ-kṛṣṇera prema-keli' — yei gÄ«tera marma
gÄna-madhye - among songs; kona gÄna - which song; jÄ«vera - of the living entity; nija - his own; dharma - religion; rÄdhÄ-kṛṣṇera prema-keli - the loving affairs of RÄdhÄ and Kṛṣṇa; yei - which; gÄ«tera - of the song; marma - purport.
ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu next asked RÄmÄnanda RÄya, “Among many songs, which song is to be considered the actual religion of the living entity?â€
RÄmÄnanda RÄya replied, “That song describing the loving affairs of ÅšrÄ« RÄdhÄ and Kṛṣṇa is superior to all other songs.â€
As stated in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (10.33.36):
anugrahÄya bhaktÄnÄá¹ mÄnuá¹£aá¹ deham Ästhitaḥ
bhajate tÄdṛśīḥ krÄ«á¸Ä yÄḥ Å›rutvÄ tat-paro bhavet
“Lord Kṛṣṇa descends apparently as a human being, and He exhibits His transcendental pastimes in Vá¹›ndÄvana so that the conditioned soul may be attracted to hearing His transcendental activities.†Nondevotees are strictly prohibited from participating in songs celebrating the loving affairs of RÄdhÄ and Kṛṣṇa. Unless one is a devotee, it is very dangerous to hear the songs about the pastimes of RÄdhÄ and Kṛṣṇa that were written by Jayadeva GosvÄmÄ«, Caṇá¸Ä«dÄsa and other exalted devotees. Lord Åšiva drank an ocean of poison, but one should not imitate this. One must first become a pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Only then can one enjoy hearing the songs of Jayadeva and relish transcendental bliss. If one simply imitates the activities of Lord Åšiva and drinks poison, one will certainly meet with death.
The talks between Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu and RÄmÄnanda RÄya are meant for advanced devotees only. Those who are on the mundane platform and who study these talks in order to put forward some thesis for a Ph.D. will not be able to understand them. Instead, these conversations will have a poisonous effect.
