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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 17]
with deep meaning;  rasa-sūcaka —joking;  akṣara —letters;  pada-artha —meanings;  bhaṅgi —indications;  uktikaḥ —whose talk;  ramā-ādika —beginning with the goddess of fortune;  vara-aṅganā —of beautiful women;  hṛdaya-hāri —attracting the hearts;  vaṁśī-kalaḥ —the sound of whose flute;  saḥ —that;  me —My;  madana-mohanaḥ —Madana-mohana;  sakhi —My dear friend;  tanoti —expands;  karṇa-spṛhām —the desire of the ears.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “‘My dear friend, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, has a voice as deep as a cloud resounding in the sky. With the tinkling of His ornaments, He attracts the ears of the gopīs, and with the sound of His flute He attracts even the goddess of fortune and other beautiful women. That Personality of Godhead, known as Madana-mohana, whose joking words carry many indications and deep meanings, is increasing the lusty desires of My ears.’
PURPORT
This verse is found in the  Govinda-līlāmṛta  (8.5).
TEXT 41
“কণ্ঠের গন্ধীর ধ্বনি,                      নবঘন-ধ্বনি জিনি’, যার গুণে কোকিল লাজায় । তার এক শ্রুতি-কণে,                      ভুবায় জগতের কাণে, পুনঃ কাণ বাহুড়ি’ না আয় ॥ ৪১ ॥
“kaṇṭhera gambhīra dhvani,                      navaghana-dhvani jini’, yāra guṇe kokila lājāya tāra eka śruti-kaṇe,                      ḍubāya jagatera kāṇe, punaḥ kāṇa bāhuḍi’ nā āya
SYNONYMS
kaṇṭhera —of the throat;  gambhīra —deep;  dhvani —sound;  nava-ghana —of new clouds;  dhvani —the resounding;  jini’ —conquering;  yāra —of which;  guṇe —the attributes;  kokila —the cuckoo;  lājāya —put to shame;  tāra —of that;  eka —one;  śruti-kaṇe —particle of sound;  ḍubāya —inundates;  jagatera —of the whole world;  kāṇe —the ear;  punaḥ —again;  kāṇa —the ear;  bāhuḍi’ —getting out;  nā āya —cannot come.
TRANSLATION
“Kṛṣṇa’s deep voice is more resonant than newly arrived clouds, and His sweet song defeats even the sweet voice of the cuckoo. Indeed, His song is so