7.7 Meditation in a secluded place

Madhya 8.296-299

ara dina raya-pase vidaya magila
vidayera kale tanre ei ajna dila 296
vishaya chadiya tumi yaha nilacale
ami tirtha kari' tanha asiba asiba alpa-kale 297

The next day at the time of bidding farewell to Rāmānanda Rāya- ara dina vvidayera kale idaya magila raya-pase
(Śrī Caitanya) gave him the following instruction: - dila ei tanre ajna.

Give up material life and go to Nilaceal (Geaganath Puri). - chadiya vishaya yaha tumi nilacale
After visiting the holy places of pilgrimage, - kari tirtha
in a short while I will also arrive (there). - alpa-kale ami asiba asiba tanha

dui-jane nilacale rahiba eka-sange
sukhe gonaiba kala krishna-katha-range 298
eta bali' ramanande kari' alingana
tanre ghare ghare pathaiya karila sayana 299

We both (should) sit in Nilaceal (Geaganat Puri), - dui-jane rahiba nilacale
(this being) the only association - eka-sange
and spend our time in the bliss of Krsna-talk. - gonaiba kala sukhe krishna-katha-range

After saying these, Ramananda embraced Him. - eta bali ramanande kari alingana tanre
(Then the Lord) sent him home and layed down ('to rest'). - pathaiya ghare karila sayana