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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 180

udgīrṇādbhuta-mādhurī-parimalasyābhīra-līlasya me
dvaitaṁ hanta samīkṣayan muhur asau citrīyate cāraṇaḥ
cetaḥ keli-kutūhalottaralitaṁ satyaṁ sakhe māmakaṁ
yasya prekṣya svarūpatāṁ vraja-vadhū-sārūpyam anvicchati

SYNONYMS

udgīrṇa—overflowing; adbhuta—wonderful; mādhurī—sweetness; parimalasya—whose fragrance; ābhīra—of a cowherd boy; līlasya—who has pastimes; me—My; dvaitam—second form; hanta—alas; samīkṣayan—showing; muhuḥ—again and again; asau—that; citrīyate—is acting like a picture; cāraṇaḥ—dramatic actor; cetaḥ—heart; keli-kutūhala—by longing for pastimes; uttaralitam—greatly excited; satyam—actually; sakhe—O dear friend; māmakam—My; yasya—of whom; prekṣya—by seeing; svarūpatām—similarity to My form; vraja-vadhū—of the damsels of Vrajabhūmi; sārūpyam—a form like the forms; anvicchati—desires.

TRANSLATION

“‘My dear friend, this dramatic actor appears like a second form of My own self. Like a picture, He displays My pastimes as a cowherd boy overflowing with wonderfully attractive sweetness and fragrance, which are so dear to the damsels of Vraja. When I see such a display, My heart becomes greatly excited. I long for such pastimes and desire a form exactly like that of the damsels of Vraja.’

PURPORT

This verse is found in the Lalita-mādhava (4.19). It was spoken by Vāsudeva in Dvārakā.