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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 1]
SYNONYMS
rūpa-gosāñi —Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī;  prabhura —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  jāniyā —knowing;  abhiprāya —the intention;  sei arthe —in that meaning;  śloka —a verse;  kailā —composed;  prabhure —to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  ye —which;  bhāya —appealed.
TRANSLATION
Rūpa Gosvāmī, however, could understand the intention of the Lord, and thus he composed another verse that appealed to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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যঃ কৌমারহরঃ স এব হি বরস্তা এব চৈত্রক্ষপা- স্তে চোম্মীলিতমালতীস্বরভয়ঃ প্রোট্যঃ কদ্বানিলাঃ । সা চৈবাস্মি তথাপি তত্র স্বরতব্যাপারলীলাবিধে রেবারোধসি বেতসীতরুতলে চেতঃ সমুৎকণ্ঠতে ॥ ৭৮ ॥
yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ sa eva hi varas tā eva caitra-kṣapās te conmīlita-mālatī-surabhayaḥ prauḍhāḥ kadambānilāḥ sā caivāsmi tathāpi tatra surata-vyāpāra-līlā-vidhau revā-rodhasi vetasī-taru-tale cetaḥ samutkaṇṭhate
SYNONYMS
yaḥ —that same person who;  kaumāra-haraḥ —the thief of my heart during youth;  saḥ —he;  eva hi —certainly;  varaḥ —lover;  tāḥ —these;  eva —certainly;  caitra-kṣapāḥ —moonlit nights of the month of Caitra;  te —those;  ca —and;  unmīlita —fructified;  mālatī —of  mālatī  flowers;  surabhayaḥ —fragrances;  prauḍhāḥ —full;  kadamba —with the fragrance of the  kadamba  flower;  anilāḥ —the breezes;  sā —that one;  ca —also;  eva —certainly;  asmi —I am;  tathāpi —still;  tatra —there;  surata-vyāpāra —in intimate transactions;  līlā —of pastimes;  vidhau —in the manner;  revā —of the river named Revā;  rodhasi —on the bank;  vetasī —of the name Vetasī;  taru-tale —underneath the tree;  cetaḥ —my mind;  samutkaṇṭhate —is very eager to go.
TRANSLATION
“That very personality who stole my heart during my youth is now again my master. These are the same moonlit nights of the month of Caitra. The same fragrance of  mālatī  flowers is there, and the same sweet breezes are blowing from the  kadamba  forest. In our intimate relationship, I am also the same lover, yet still my mind is not happy here. I am eager to go back to that place on the bank of the Revā under the Vetasī tree. That is my desire.”