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Chapter 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Verse 138 of 148
Cc Madhya 21.138

কৃষ্ণাংগ—লাবণ্যপূর, মধুর হৈতে সুমধুর, তাতে যেই মুখ সুধাকর মধুর হৈতে সুমধুর, তাহা হৈতে সুমধুর, তার যেই স্মিত জ্যোত্স্নাভর

कृष्णांग—लावण्यपूर, मधुर हैते सुमधुर, ताते येइ मुख सुधाकर मधुर हैते सुमधुर, ताहा हैते सुमधुर, तार येइ स्मित ज्योत्स्नाभर

kṛṣṇāṅga—lāvaṇya-pūra, madhura haite sumadhura, tāte yei mukha sudhākara madhura haite sumadhura, tāhā ha-ite sumadhura, tāra yei smita jyotsnā-bhara

Synonyms

kṛṣṇa-aṅga—the bodily features of Kṛṣṇa; lāvaṇya-pūra—the city of attractive beauty; madhura—sweetness; haite—than; su-madhura—still more sweet; tāte—in that body; yei—that; mukha—face; sudhākara—like the moon; madhura haite su-madhura—sweeter than sweetness; tāhā ha-ite—than that; sumadhura—still more sweet; tāra—of which; yei—that; smita—smiling; jyotsnā-bhara—like the moonshine..

Translation

"Kṛṣṇa's body is a city of attractive features, and it is sweeter than sweet. His face, which is like the moon, is sweeter still, and the gentle smile on that moonlike face is like rays of moonshine.

Purport

The smile on Kṛṣṇa's face is just like the smiling of the moon, which generates greater and greater happiness for the gopīs.

Verse 138 of 148