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Rūpa Gosvāmī's Meeting with the Lord
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SYNONYMS
pārāmṛṣtā —measured;  anguṣṭha-trayam —a length of three fingers;  asita-rat-naiḥ —with valuable  indra-nīla  jewels;  ubhayataḥ —from both ends;  vahantī —having;  saṅkīrṇau —bedecked;  maṇibhiḥ —by gems;  aruṇaiḥ —rubies;  tat-parisarau —the two ends of the flute;  tayoḥ madhye —between them;  hīra —with diamonds;  ujjvala —blazing;  vimala —pure;  jāmbūnada-mayī —covered with gold plate;  kare —in the hand;  kalyāṇī —very auspicious;  iyam —this;  viharati —glitters;  hareḥ —of Kṛṣṇa;  keli-muralī —the pastime flute.
TRANSLATION
“‘The flute of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes measures three fingers in length, and it is bedecked with indra-nīla gems. At the ends of the flute are aruṇa gems [rubies], glittering beautifully, and in between the flute is plated with gold, set ablaze by diamonds. This auspicious flute, pleasing to Kṛṣṇa, is glittering in His hand with transcendental brilliance.’
PURPORT
This verse from  Vidagdha-mādhava  (3.1) is spoken to Lalitādevī by Paurṇamāsī, the grandmother of Rādhārāṇī.
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সদ্বংশতন্তব জনিঃ পুরুষোত্তমস্য 
    পাণ্যে স্থিতিমুরলিকে সরলাসি জাত্যা । 
    কস্মাত্ত্বয়া সথি গুরোবিষমা গৃহীতা 
    গোপাঙ্গনাগণবিমোহনমস্ত্রদীক্ষা ॥ ১৬২ ॥
sad-vaṁśatas tava janiḥ puruṣottamasya 
    pāṇau sthitir muralike saralāsi jātyā 
    kasmāt tvayā sakhi guror viṣamā gṛhītā 
    gopāṅganā-gaṇa-vimohana-mantra-dīkṣā
SYNONYMS
sat-vaṁśataḥ —very respectable families;  tava —your;  janiḥ —birth;  puruṣottamasya —of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  pāṇau —in the hands;  sthitiḥ —residence;  muralike —O good flute;  saralā —simple;  asi —you are;  jātyā —by birth;  kasmāt —why;  tvayā —by you;  sakhi —O my dear friend;  guroḥ —from the spiritual master;  viṣamā —dangerous;  gṛhītā —taken;  gopā-aṅganā-gaṇa-vimohana —for bewildering the groups of the  gopīs ;  mantra-dīkṣā —initiation in the  mantra .