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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 1]
kaha, tomāra kavitva śuni' haya camatkāra" krame rūpa-gosāñi kahe kari' namaskāra
SYNONYMS
kaha —kindly let me know;  tomāra kavitva śuni' —by hearing your poetic ability;  haya —there is;  camatkāra —much astonishment;  krame —gradually;  rūpa-gosāñi —Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī;  kahe —continues to speak;  kari' namaskāra —offering obeisances.
TRANSLATION
“Please tell me all this, for your poetic ability is wonderful.” After offering obeisances to Rāmānanda Rāya, Rūpa Gosvāmī gradually began answering his inquiries.
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সুগন্ধো মাকন্দপ্রকরমকরন্দস্য মধুরে বিনিস্যন্দে বন্দীকৃতমধুপর্ন্দং মুহুরিদম্ । কৃতান্দোলং মন্দোষ্মতিভিরনিলৈশ্চন্দনগিরে- র্মমানন্দং বৃন্দা-বিপিনমতুলং তুন্দিলয়তি ॥ ১৫৮ ॥
sugandhau mākanda-prakara-makarandasya madhure vinisyande vandī-kṛta-madhupa-vṛndaṁ muhur idam kṛtāndolaṁ mandonnatibhir anilaiś candana-girer mamānandaṁ vṛndā-vipinam atulaṁ tundilayati
SYNONYMS
su-gandhau —in the fragrance;  mākanda-prakara —of the bunches of mango buds;  makarandasya —of the honey;  madhure —sweet;  vinisyande —in the oozing;  vandī-kṛta —grouped together;  madhupa-vṛndam —bumblebees;  muhuḥ —again and again;  idam —this;  kṛta-andolam —agitated;  manda-unnatibhiḥ —moving softly;  anilaiḥ —by the breezes;  candana-gireḥ —from the Malaya Hills;  mama —My;  ānandam —pleasure;  vṛndā-vipinam —the forest of Vṛndāvana;  atulam —very much;  tundilayati —increases more and more.
TRANSLATION
“The sweet, fragrant honey oozing from newly grown mango buds is again and again attracting groups of bumblebees, and this forest is trembling in the softly moving breezes from the Malaya Hills, which are full of sandalwood trees. Thus the forest of Vṛndāvana is increasing My transcendental pleasure.”