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Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

Verse 274 of 282
Cc Madhya 25.274

নানাভাবের ভক্তজন, হংসচক্রবাকগণ, যাতে সবেঽ করেন বিহার কৃষ্ণকেলি সুমৃণাল, যাহা পাই সর্বকাল, ভক্তহংস করযে আহার

नानाभावेर भक्तजन, हंसचक्रवाकगण, याते सबेऽ करेन विहार कृष्णकेलि सुमृणाल, याहा पाइ सर्वकाल, भक्तहंस करये आहार

nānā-bhāvera bhakta-jana, haṁsa-cakravāka-gaṇa, yāte sabe' karena vihāra kṛṣṇa-keli sumṛṇāla, yāhā pāi sarva-kāla, bhakta-haṁsa karaye āhāra

Synonyms

nānā-bhāvera bhakta-jana—devotees relishing relationships with Kṛṣṇa in different ecstasies; haṁsa-cakravāka-gaṇa—compared to swans and cakravāka birds; yāte—in that place; sabe'—all; karena vihāra—enjoy life; kṛṣṇa-keli—the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa; su-mṛṇāla—sweet buds; yāhā pāi—which one can get; sarva-kāla—eternally; bhakta-haṁsa—the devotees, who are just like swans; karaye—do; āhāra—eating..

Translation

The devotees who have a relationship with Kṛṣṇa are like the swans and cakravāka birds that play in the forest of lotus flowers. The buds of those lotus flowers are the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, and they are edibles for the swanlike devotees. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is always engaged in His transcendental pastimes; therefore the devotees, following in the footsteps of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, can always eat those lotus buds, for they are the pastimes of the Lord.

Verse 274 of 282