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Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth
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SYNONYMS
prothomete —in the beginning;  vṛndāvana-mādhurya —sweet pastimes of Vṛndāvana;  varṇila —described;  śuniyā —hearing;  prabhura —of the Lord;  citte —in the heart;  ānanda —jubilation;  bāḍila —increased.
TRANSLATION
In the beginning Śrīvāsa Thākura described the transcendental sweetness of Vṛndāvana's pastimes. Hearing this, the Lord felt great and increasing jubilation in His heart.
TEXT 236
তবে ‘বল’ ‘বল’ প্রভু বলে বারবার ।
পুনঃ পুনঃ কছে শ্রীবাস করিয়া বিত্তার ॥ ২৩৬ ॥
tabe ‘bala’ ‘bala’ prabhu bale vāra-vāra punaḥ punaḥ kahe śrīvāsa kariyā vistāra
SYNONYMS
tabe —thereafter;  bala bala —go on speaking, go on speaking;  prabhu —the Lord;  bale —says;  vāra-vāra —again, again;  punaḥ punaḥ —again, again;  kahe —speaks;  śrīvāsa —Śrīvāsa Thākura;  kariyā —making;  vistāra —expansion.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter the Lord again and again asked him, “Speak on! Speak on!” Thus Śrīvāsa again and again described the pastimes of Vṛndāvana, vividly expanding them.
TEXT 237
বংসীবাত্মে গোপীগণের বনে আকর্ষণ ।
তাঁসবার সঙ্গে ষৈছে বন-বিহরণ ॥ ২৩৭ ॥
vaṁśī-vādye gopī-gaṇera vane ākarṣaṇa tāṅ-sabāra saṅge yaiche vana-viharaṇa
SYNONYMS
vaṁśī-vādye —on hearing the sound of the flute;  gopī-gaṇera —of all the  gopīs ;  vane —in the forest;  ākarṣaṇa —the attraction;  tāṅ-sabāra —of all of them;  saṅge —in the company;  yaiche —in what way;  vana —in the forest;  viharaṇa —wandering.
TRANSLATION
Śrīvāsa Thākura extensively explained how the  gopīs  were attracted to the forests of Vṛndāvana by the vibration of Kṛṣṇa's flute and how they wandered together in the forest.