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

 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.


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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.

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