Ādi-līlā

Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya's Appearance

Verse 251 of 262
Cc Ādi 4.251

পরস্পর বেণুগীতে হরযে চেতন মোর ভ্রমে তমালেরে করে আলিংগন

परस्पर वेणुगीते हरये चेतन मोर भ्रमे तमालेरे करे आलिंगन

paraspara veṇu-gīte haraye cetana mora bhrame tamālere kare āliṅgana

Synonyms

parasparaagainst each other; veṇu-gītethe singing of the bamboo; harayeattracts; cetanaconsciousness; moraof Me; bhramein mistake; tamālerea black tree known as tamāla; kareShe does; āliṅganaembracing..

Translation

"The flutelike murmur of the bamboos rubbing against one another steals Rādhārāṇī's consciousness, for She thinks it to be the sound of My flute. And She embraces a tamāla tree, mistaking it for Me.

Verse 251 of 262
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