CC Adi 4.251

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

CC Adi 4.250

CC Adi 4.252

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 251

paraspara veṇu-gīte haraye cetana
mora bhrame tamālere kare āliṅgana

SYNONYMS

paraspara—against each other; veṇu-gīte—the singing of the bamboo; haraye—attracts; cetana—consciousness; mora—of Me; bhrame—in mistake; tamālere—a black tree known as tamāla; kare—She does; āliṅgana—embracing.

TRANSLATION

“The flutelike murmur of the bamboos rubbing against one another steals Rādhārāṇī’s consciousness, for She thinks it to be the sound of My flute. And She embraces a tamāla tree, mistaking it for Me.