CC Adi 4.251 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

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.

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