CC Antya 18.89

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Antya-līlā - Chapter 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

Antya-līlā 18.88 - Antya-līlā 18.90

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 89

kṛṣṇa rādhā lañā bale, gelā kaṇṭha-daghna jale,

chāḍilā tāhāṅ, yāhāṅ agādha pānī

teṅho kṛṣṇa-kaṇṭha dhari', bhāse jalera upari,

gajotkhāte yaiche kamalinī

SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇa—Lord Kṛṣṇa; rādhā—Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; lañā—taking; bale—forcibly; gelā—went; kaṇṭha-daghna—up to the neck; jale—in water; chāḍilā—let go; tāhāṅ—there; yāhāṅ—where; agādha—very deep; pānī—water; teṅho—She; kṛṣṇa-kaṇṭha—the neck of Kṛṣṇa; dhari'—capturing; bhāse—floats; jalera upari—on the water; gaja-utkhāte—plucked by an elephant; yaiche—like; kamalinī—a lotus flower.

TRANSLATION

"Kṛṣṇa forcibly swept Rādhārāṇī away and took Her into water up to Her neck. Then He released Her where the water was very deep. She grasped Kṛṣṇa's neck, however, and floated on the water like a lotus flower plucked by the trunk of an elephant.

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