Text 88]
Rescuing the Lord from the Sea
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TRANSLATION
“The gopīs were like steady streaks of lightning, and Kṛṣṇa resembled a blackish cloud. The lightning began sprinkling water upon the cloud, and the cloud upon the lightning. Like thirsty cātaka birds, the eyes of the gopīs joyously drank the nectarean water from the cloud.
TEXT 87
শুথমে যুদ্ধ ‘জলাজলি’, তবে যুদ্ধ ‘করাকরি’, তার পাছে যুদ্ধ ‘মুখামুখি’। তবে যুদ্ধ ‘গ্রদান্ধদি’, তবে হৈল ‘রদারদি’, তবে হৈল যুদ্ধ ‘নখানখি’ ॥ ৮৭ ॥
prathame yuddha ‘jalājali’, tabe yuddha ‘karākari’, tāra pāche yuddha ‘mukhāmukhi’ tabe yuddha ‘hṛdāhṛdi’, tabe haila ‘radāradi’, tabe haila yuddha ‘nakhānakhi’
SYNONYMS
prathame —in the beginning;  yuddha —the fight;  jalājali —throwing water upon one another;  tabe —thereafter;  yuddha —the fight;  karākari —hand to hand;  tāra pāche —after that;  yuddha —the fight;  mukhāmukhi —face to face;  tabe —thereafter;  yuddha —the fight;  hṛdāhṛdi —chest to chest;  tabe —thereafter;  haila —was;  radāradi —teeth to teeth;  tabe —thereafter;  haila —there was;  yuddha —the fight;  nakhānakhi —nail to nail.
TRANSLATION
“As the fight began, they splashed water on one another. Then they fought hand to hand, then face to face, then chest to chest, teeth to teeth and finally nail to nail.
TEXT 88
সহস্র-করে জল সেকে, সহস্র নেত্রে গোপী দেখে, সহস্র-পদে নিকট গমনে । সহস্রমুখ-চুম্বনে, সহস্রবপু-সম্বনে, গোপীনর্ম শুনে সহস্র-কাণে ॥ ৮৮ ॥
sahasra-kare jala seke, sahasra netre gopī dekhe, sahasra-pade nikaṭa gamane