CC Madhya 19.98
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 98
- kaṁ prati kathayitum īśe samprati ko vā pratītim āyātu
- go-pati-tanayā-kuñje gopa-vadhūṭī-viṭaṁ brahma
SYNONYMS
kam prati—unto whom; kathayitum—to speak; īśe—am I able; samprati—now; kaḥ—who; vā—or; pratītim—belief; āyātu—would do; go-pati—of the sun-god; tanayā—of the daughter (the Yamunā); kuñje—in the bushes on the bank; gopa-vadhūṭī—of the cowherd girls; viṭam—the hunter; brahma—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
“To whom can I speak who will believe me when I say that Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is hunting the gopīs in the bushes by the banks of the river Yamunā? In this way the Lord demonstrates His pastimes.”
PURPORT
This verse was also later included in the Padyāvalī (99).