CC Antya 18.25

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Antya-līlā - Chapter 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 25

tābhir yutaḥ śramam apohitum aṅga-saṅga-

ghṛṣṭa-srajaḥ sa kuca-kuṅkuma-rañjitāyāḥ

gandharva-pālibhir anudruta āviśad vāḥ

śrānto gajībhir ibha-rāḍ iva bhinna-setuḥ

SYNONYMS

tābhiḥ — by them (the gopīs); yutaḥ — accompanied; śramam — fatigue; apohitum — to remove; aṅga-saṅga — by touching of the bodies; ghṛṣṭa — crushed; srajaḥ — from the flower garland; saḥ — He; kuca-kuṅkuma — by kuṅkuma on the breasts; rañjitāyāḥ — colored; gandharva-pa — like celestial beings of Gandharvaloka; alibhiḥ — by bees; anudrutaḥ — followed; āviśat — entered; vāḥ — the water; śrāntaḥ — being fatigued; gajībhiḥ — by she-elephants; ibha — of elephants; rāṭ — the king; iva — like; bhinna-setuḥ — beyond the Vedic principles of morality.

TRANSLATION

"As an independent leader among elephants enters the water with its female elephants, Kṛṣṇa, who is transcendental to the Vedic principles of morality, entered the water of the Yamunā with the gopīs. His chest had brushed against their breasts, crushing His flower garland and coloring it with red kuṅkuma powder. Attracted by the fragrance of that garland, humming bumblebees followed Kṛṣṇa like celestial beings of Gandharvaloka. In this way, Lord Kṛṣṇa mitigated the fatigue of the rāsa dance."

PURPORT

This verse is from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 10.33.22).

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