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CC Antya 15.66 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 66

saudāminī pītāmbara, sthira nahe nirantara,
muktā-hāra baka-pāṅti bhāla
indra-dhanu śikhi-pākhā, upare diyāche dekhā,
āra dhanu vaijayantī-māla


SYNONYMS

saudāminī—lightning; pīta-ambara—the yellow dress; sthira—still; nahe—is not; nirantara—always; muktā-hāra—the necklace of pearls; baka-pāṅti bhāla—like a line of ducks; indra-dhanu—the bow of Indra (a rainbow); śikhi-pākhā—the peacock feather; upare—on the head; diyāche dekhā—is seen; āra dhanu—another rainbow; vaijayantī-māla—the vaijayantī garland.


TRANSLATION

"Kṛṣṇa's yellow dress looks exactly like restless lightning in the sky, and the pearl necklace on His neck appears like a line of ducks flying below a cloud. Both the peacock feather on His head and His vaijayantī garland [containing flowers of five colors] resemble rainbows.