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A LOVER OF LIGHT AMONG LUMINARIES : Dilip Kumar Roy "A mighty authority, indeed, this green Infant of yesterday ! And pundit ! Tut !
Who knows not even the rudiments of grammar !"9
Murari and Roma are full of reverence for Sri Chaitanya. For them, Sri Chaitanya is an avatar of both Radha and Krishna. To the scornful Keshav, Roma says:
"I meant no harm, sir ....I....I....only wanted To plead that our great Lord Gouranga is Not a common man, but a holy Avatar A God incarnate in the human mould. And may I humbly add: he too can lecture
On the three worlds and the mysteries divine.")0 She further tells :
“Oh be not angry, good sir, I implore you. But what to do we know of God's ways after all ? We may indeed be versed in human things : But the things divine, because they are divine, Can hardly be ..... I mean .....within our reach. So how can you presume, sir, to assert That the high Almighty could not for His own Lila accept a human mould on earth ? The other day, while singing in ecstasy, Our Lord Gouranga danced as though on air And as he cried:"O Krishna, art thou come ?" His body did become self-luminous As countless witnesses will testify.
(Her voice trembles) And then.....Oh, how can I with human words Portray the superhuman miracle ? For as he went on singing, we saw a halo Girdle his shining brow and all fell down Prostrate at his twin feet acclaiming him. As an incarnation, in one human frame, Of Radha and Krishna in mystic union !"]1
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