### CC Antya 15.38

> এ কেনে কহিবে কৃষ্ণের উদ্দেশ আমায় ? এ — স্ত্রীজাতি লতা, আমার সখীপ্রায় ॥৩৮॥

> e kene kahibe kṛṣṇera uddeśa āmāya?\
> e—strī-jāti latā, āmāra sakhī-prāya

*e*—these; *kene*—why; *kahibe*—will say; *kṛṣṇera*—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; *uddeśa*—direction; *āmāya*—to us; *e*—these; *strī-jāti*—belonging to the class of women; *latā*—creepers; *āmāra*—our; *sakhī-prāya*—like friends.

**“ 'Why should the trees tell us where Kṛṣṇa has gone? Let us rather inquire from the creepers; they are female and therefore are like friends to us.**