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The Lord's Bodily Transformations
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sweet that even one particle of its sound can inundate the entire world. If such a particle enters one's ear, one is immediately bereft of all other types of hearing.
TEXT 42
কহ, সখি, কি করি উপায় ? 
    কুষ্ণের সে শব্দ-শুণে,            হরিলে আমার কাণে, 
    এবে না পায়, তৃষ্ণায় মরি' যায় ॥ ৪২ ॥ ৫০ ॥
kaha, sakhi, ki kari upāya? 
    kṛṣṇera se śabda-guṇe,            harile āmāra kāṇe, 
    ebe nā pāya, tṛṣṇāya mari' yāya
SYNONYMS
kaha —please say;  sakhi —My dear friend;  ki —what;  kari —can I do;  upāya —means;  kṛṣṇera —of Kṛṣṇa;  se —that;  śabda —of the sound;  guṇe —the qualities;  harile —having attracted;  āmāra —My;  kāṇe —ears;  ebe —now;  nā pāya —do not get;  tṛṣṇāya —from thirst;  mari'  yāya—I am dying.
TRANSLATION
“My dear friend, please tell me what to do. My ears have been plundered by the qualities of Kṛṣṇa's sound. Now, however, I cannot hear His transcendental sound, and I am almost dead for want of it.
TEXT 43
নূপুর-কিঙ্কিণী-ধ্বনি,            হংস-সারস জিনি’, 
    কঙ্কণ-ধ্বনি চটকৈ লাজায়। 
    একবার যেই শুনে,            ব্যাপি রহে’ তার কাণে, 
    অন্য শব্দ সে-কাণে না যায় ॥ ৪৩ ॥
nūpura-kiṅkinī-dhvani,            haṁsa-sārasa jini’, 
    kaṅkaṇa-dhvani caṭake lājāya 
    eka-bāra yei śune,            vyāpi rahe’ tāra kāṇe, 
    anya śabda se-kāṇe nā yāya
SYNONYMS
nūpura —of the ankle bells;  kiṅkinī —tinkling;  dhvani —the sound;  haṁsa —swans;  sārasa —cranes;  jini’ —conquering;  kaṅkaṇa-dhvani —the sound of