Text 69
punaḥ kahe, — ‘hāya hāya, paḍa paḍa rāma-raya’,
kahe prabhu gadgada ākhyāne
rāmānanda paḍe śloka, śuni’ prabhura harṣa-śoka,
āpane prabhu karena vyākhyāne
punaḥ — again; kahe — says; hāya hāya — alas, alas; paḍa paḍa — go on reciting; rāma-rāya — Rāmānanda Rāya; kahe — says; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; gadgada ākhyāne — in a faltering voice; rāmānanda — Rāmānanda Rāya; paḍe — recites; śloka — a verse; śuni’ — hearing; prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; harṣa-śoka — jubilation and lamentation; āpane — personally; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; karena vyākhyāne — explains.
In a faltering voice, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again said, “Alas, go on reciting, Rāma Rāya.” Thus Rāmānanda Rāya began to recite a verse. While listening to this verse, the Lord was sometimes very jubilant and sometimes overcome by lamentation. Afterwards the Lord personally explained the verse.