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CC Madhya 8.268

Bengali

পহিলে দেখিলুঁ তোমার সন্ন্যাসি-স্বরূপ ।
এবে তোমা দেখি মুঞি শ্যাম-গোপরূপ ॥ ২৬৮ ॥

Text

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

Synonyms

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.

Translation

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.