CC Adi 6.68

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Acārya

Ādi-līlā 6.67 - Ādi-līlā 6.69-70

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 68

api bata madhu-puryām ārya-putro ’dhunāste

smarati sa pitṛ-gehān saumya bandhūṁś ca gopān

kvacid api sa kathāṁ naḥ kiṅkariṇāṁ gṛṇīte

bhujam aguru-sugandhaṁ mūrdhny adhāsyat kadā nu

SYNONYMS

api — certainly; bata — regrettable; madhu-puryām — in the city of Mathurā; ārya-putraḥ — the son of Nanda Mahārāja; adhunā — now; āste — resides; smarati — remembers; saḥ — He; pitṛ-gehān — the household affairs of His father; saumya — O great soul (Uddhava); bandhūn — His many friends; ca — and; gopān — the cowherd boys; kvacit — sometimes; api — or; saḥ — He; kathām — talks; naḥ — of us; kiṅkarīṇām — of the maidservants; gṛṇīte — relates; bhujam — hand; aguru-su-gandham — having the fragrance of aguru; mūrdhni — on the head; adhāsyat — will keep; kadā — when; nu — may be.

TRANSLATION

“O Uddhava! It is indeed regrettable that Kṛṣṇa resides in Mathurā. Does He remember His father’s household affairs and His friends, the cowherd boys? O great soul! Does He ever talk about us, His maidservants? When will He lay on our heads His aguru-scented hand?”

PURPORT

This verse appears in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 10.47.21), in the section known as the Bhramara-gītā. When Uddhava came to Vṛndāvana, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, in complete separation from Kṛṣṇa, sang like this.

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