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Chapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's Second Meeting With the Lord

Verse 161 of 221
Cc Antya 1.161

পরামৃষ্টাংগুষ্ঠত্রযমসিতরত্নৈরুভযতো বহন্তী সংকীর্ণৌ মণিভিররুণৈস্তত্পরিসরৌ তযোর্মধ্যে হীরোজ্জ্বলবিমলজাম্বূনদমযী করে কল্যাণীযং বিহরতি হরেঃ কেলিমুরলী

परामृष्टांगुष्ठत्रयमसितरत्नैरुभयतो वहन्ती संकीर्णौ मणिभिररुणैस्तत्परिसरौ तयोर्मध्ये हीरोज्ज्वलविमलजाम्बूनदमयी करे कल्याणीयं विहरति हरेः केलिमुरली

parāmṛṣṭāṅguṣṭha-trayam asita-ratnair ubhayato vahantī saṅkīrṇau maṇibhir aruṇais tat-parisarau tayor madhye hīrojjvala-vimala-jāmbūnada-mayī kare kalyāṇīyaṁ viharati hareḥ keli-muralī

Synonyms

parāmṛṣṭā—measured; anguṣṭha-trayam—a length of three fingers; asita-ratnaiḥ—with valuable indra-nīla jewels; ubhayataḥ—from both ends; vahantī—having; saṅkīrṇau—bedecked; maṇibhiḥ—by gems; aruṇaiḥ—rubies; tat-parisarau—the two ends of the flute; tayoḥ madhye—between them; hīra—with diamonds; ujjvala—blazing; vimala—pure; jāmbūnada-mayī—covered with gold plate; kare—in the hand; kalyāṇī—very auspicious; iyam—this; viharati—glitters; hareḥ—of Kṛṣṇa; keli-muralī—the pastime flute..

Translation

" 'The flute of Kṛṣṇa's pastimes measures three fingers in length, and it is bedecked with indra-nīla gems. At the ends of the flute are aruṇa gems [rubies], glittering beautifully, and in between the flute is plated with gold, set ablaze by diamonds. This auspicious flute, pleasing to Kṛṣṇa, is glittering in His hand with transcendental brilliance.'

Purport

This verse from Vidagdha-mādhava (3.1) is spoken to Lalitādevī by Paurṇamāsī, the grandmother of Rādhārāṇī.

Verse 161 of 221