Krsner Jateka Khela
Rupanuga Bhajana Darpana Song 29
kṛṣṇera jateka khelā tāra madhye
nara-līlā sarbottama rasera āloya
e rasa goloke nāi tabe bolo kothā
pāi braja-dhāma tāhāra niloya
santara (pastimes performed in the material world at intervals, with a beginning and an end, but which repeat eternally), and
nitya-līlā dwi-prakāra sāntara o
nirantara jāhe mājhe rasikera mana
janma-bṛddhi daitya-nāśa mathurā
dwārakā-bāsa nitya-līlā sāntare gaṇana
nirantara (pastimes performed in the spiritual world as perpetual asta-kaliya or eight-fold daily sports). Pastimes called santara include Krsna's birth, His growth through childhood and youth, the killing of many different kinds of demons, and His journey to and residence at Mathura and Dvaraka.
dibā rātra aṣṭa-bhāge braja-jana
anurāge kore kṛṣṇa-līlā nirantara
tāhāra birāma nāi sei nitya-līlā
bhāi brahma-rudra-śeṣa agocara
Those pastimes which are called nirantara are performed incessantly, in eight time divisions the entire day and night. These sports are motivated by His pure loving affection for the residents of Vraja. These pastimes do not stop even for a second --- therefore it's called nitya-lila, oh brothers! These eight-fold daily pastimes are imperceptible even for Lord Brahma, Lord Siva and Lord Ananta-sesa.
jñāna joga koro jata hoya tāhā
dūra-gata śuddha rāga nayane kebala
sei līlā rākhita hoya parānanda
bitaroya hoya bhakta-jībana sambala
Just toss out all of your speculative knowledge and yoga practice, for all of these ecstatic lilas of Vraja are just waiting for you to behold them with your eyes of unalloyed affection opened wide. These transcendental pastimes are capable of giving you only one thing ---topmost spiritual bliss far beyond anything you can even imagine. This only is the sole sustenance in the lives of pure devotees who follow in the footsteps of Srila Rupa Gosvami.
Translation
santara (pastimes performed in the material world at intervals, with a beginning and an end, but which repeat eternally), and
nirantara (pastimes performed in the spiritual world as perpetual asta-kaliya or eight-fold daily sports). Pastimes called santara include Krsna's birth, His growth through childhood and youth, the killing of many different kinds of demons, and His journey to and residence at Mathura and Dvaraka.
Those pastimes which are called nirantara are performed incessantly, in eight time divisions the entire day and night. These sports are motivated by His pure loving affection for the residents of Vraja. These pastimes do not stop even for a second --- therefore it's called nitya-lila, oh brothers! These eight-fold daily pastimes are imperceptible even for Lord Brahma, Lord Siva and Lord Ananta-sesa.
Just toss out all of your speculative knowledge and yoga practice, for all of these ecstatic lilas of Vraja are just waiting for you to behold them with your eyes of unalloyed affection opened wide. These transcendental pastimes are capable of giving you only one thing ---topmost spiritual bliss far beyond anything you can even imagine. This only is the sole sustenance in the lives of pure devotees who follow in the footsteps of Srila Rupa Gosvami.