CC Antya 15.20 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Antya-līlā - Chapter 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 20
- kṛṣṇera vacana-mādhurī, nānā-rasa-narma-dhārī,
- tāra anyāya kathana nā yāya
- jagatera nārīra kāṇe, mādhurī-guṇe bāndhi’ ṭāne,
- ṭānāṭāni kāṇera prāṇa yāya
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇera—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; vacana-mādhurī—the sweetness of speaking; nānā—various; rasa-narma-dhārī—full of joking words; tāra—of that; anyāya—atrocities; kathana—description; nā yāya—cannot be made; jagatera—of the world; nārīra—of women; kāṇe—in the ear; mādhurī-guṇe—to the attributes of sweetness; bāndhi’—binding; ṭāne—pulls; ṭānāṭāni—tug-of-war; kāṇera—of the ear; prāṇa yāya—the life departs.
TRANSLATION
“The sweetness of Kṛṣṇa’s joking words plays indescribable havoc with the hearts of all women. His words bind a woman’s ear to the qualities of their sweetness. Thus there is a tug-of-war, and the life of the ear departs.