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CC Antya 16.147



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 147

e-ta nārī rahu dūre, vṛkṣa saba tāra tīre,
tapa kare para-upakārī
nadīra śeṣa-rasa pāñā, mūla-dvāre ākarṣiyā,
kene piye, bujhite nā pāri


SYNONYMS

e-ta nārī — these women; rahu dūre — leaving aside; vṛkṣa — the trees; saba — all; tāra tīre — on their banks; tapa kare — perform austerities; para-upakārī — benefactors of all other living entities; nadīra — of the rivers; śeṣa-rasa — the remnants of the nectarean juice; pāñā — getting; mūla-dvāre — by the roots; ākarṣiyā — drawing; kene — why; piye — drink; bujhite pāri — we cannot understand.


TRANSLATION

"'Aside from the rivers, the trees standing on the banks like great ascetics and engaging in welfare activities for all living entities drink the nectar of Kṛṣṇa's lips by drawing water from the river with their roots. We cannot understand why they drink like that.