CC Adi 4.152 (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

TEXT 152

aṭati yad bhavān ahni kānanaṁ

truṭir yugāyate tvām apaśyatām

kuṭila-kuntalaṁ śrī-mukhaṁ ca te

jaḍa udīkṣatāṁ pakṣma-kṛd dṛśām

SYNONYMS

aṭati—goes; yat—when; bhavān—Your Lordship; ahni—in the day; kānanam—to the forest; truṭiḥ—half a second; yugāyate—appears like a yuga; tvām—You; apaśyatām—of those not seeing; kuṭila-kuntalam—adorned with curled hair; śrī-mukham—beautiful face; ca—and; te—Your; jaḍaḥ—stupid; udīkṣatām—looking at; pakṣma-kṛt—the maker of eyelashes; dṛśām—of the eyes.

TRANSLATION

[The gopīs say:] "O Kṛṣṇa, when You go to the forest during the day and we do not see Your sweet face, which is surrounded by beautiful curling hair, half a second becomes as long as an entire age for us. And we consider the creator, who has put eyelids on the eyes we use for seeing You, to be simply a fool."

PURPORT

This verse is spoken by the gopīs in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 10.31.15).