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Rescuing the Lord from the Sea
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TEXT 18
কুষ্ণেরে নাচায় প্রেমা, ভক্তেরে নাচায় । আপনে নাচয়ে,—তিনে নাচে একঠাঞি ॥ ১৮ ॥
kṛṣṇere nācāya premā, bhaktere nācāya āpane nācaye,—tine nāce eka-ṭhāñi
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇere—Kṛṣṇa; nācāya—causes to dance; premā—love of Kṛṣṇa; bhaktere—the devotee; nācāya—causes to dance; āpane—personally; nācaye—dances; tine—all three; nāce—dance; eka-ṭhāñi—in one place.
TRANSLATION
Ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa makes Kṛṣṇa and His devotees dance, and it also dances personally. In this way, all three dance together in one place.
TEXT 19
প্রেমার বিকার বর্ণিতে চাহে যেই জন । চান্দধরিতে চাহে, যেন হঞা ‘বামন’ ॥ ১৯ ॥
premāra vikāra varṇite cāhe yei jana cānda dharite cāhe, yena hañā ‘vāmana’
SYNONYMS
premāra—of ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa; vikāra—transformations; varṇite—to describe; cāhe—wants; yei jana—which person; cānda dharite—to catch the moon; cāhe—he wants; yena—as if; hañā—being; vāmana—a dwarf.
TRANSLATION
One who wants to describe the transformations of ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa is like a dwarf trying to catch the moon in the sky.
TEXT 20
বায়ু যেছে সিন্ধু-জলের হরে এক ‘কণ’ । কুষ্ণপ্রেম-কণ তৈছে জীবের স্পর্শন ॥ ২০ ॥
vāyu yaiche sindhu-jalera hare eka ‘kaṇa’ kṛṣṇa-prema-kaṇa taiche jivera sparśana