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Śri Caitanya-caritāmṛta
koṭi netra nāhi dila, sabe dila dui tāhāte nimeṣa,—kṛṣṇa ki dekhiba muñi
SYNONYMS
koṭi—ten million; netra—eyes; nāhi dila—did not give; sabe—to all; dila—gave; dui—two; tāhāte—in that; nimeṣa—a blink; kṛṣṇa—Lord Kṛṣṇa; ki—how; dekhiba—shall see; muñi—1.
TRANSLATION
He has not given millions of eyes to see the beauty of Kṛṣṇa. He has given only two eyes, and even those eyes blink. How then shall I see the lovely face of Kṛṣṇa?
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অটতি যদ্ভবানহ্নি কাননং, ক্রটিযুগায়তে স্বামপত্যতাম্ । কুটিলকুন্তলং শ্রীমুখঞ্চতে, জড় উদীক্ষতাং পদ্মকুন্দশাম্ ॥১৫২॥
aṭati yad bhavān ahni kānanam truṭir yugāyate tvām apaśyatām kuṭila-kuntalam śrī-mukham ca te jaḍa udīkṣatām 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 hairs, 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 (10.31.15).
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গোপ্যশ্চ কৃষ্ণমুপলভ্য চিরাদভীষ্টং যৎপ্রেক্ষণে দৃশিষ্ পদ্মকৃতং শপস্তি । দৃগ্ভিহ্ন দিকৃতমলং পরিরভ্য সর্বা- স্তম্ভাবমাপুরপি নিত্যযুজাং দ্বরাপম্ ॥ ১৫৩ ॥