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Rescuing the Lord from the Sea
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‘পদ্ম’ চাহে লুটি’ নিতে, ‘উৎপল’ চাহে রাখিতে’, ‘চক্রবাক’ লাগি’ দু’হার রণ ॥ ৯৬ ॥
uṭhila bahu raktotpala, pṛthak pṛthak yugala, padma-gaṇera kaila nivāraṇa ‘padma’ cāhe luṭi’ nite, ‘utpala’ cāhe rākhite’, ‘cakravāka’ lāgi’ duṅhāra raṇa
SYNONYMS
uṭhila —arose;  bahu —many;  rakta-utpala —red lotus flowers;  pṛthak pṛthak —separate;  yugala —couples;  padma-gaṇera —of the bluish lotus flowers;  kaila —did;  nivāraṇa —obstruction;  padma —the blue lotus flowers;  cāhe —want;  luṭi’ —stealing;  nite —to take;  utpala —the red lotus flowers;  cāhe rākhite’ —wanted to protect;  cakravāka lāgi’ —for the  cakravāka  birds;  duṅhāra —between the two, (the red and blue lotus flowers);  raṇa —fight.
TRANSLATION
“The hands of the gopīs, which resembled red lotus flowers, arose from the water in pairs to obstruct the bluish flowers. The blue lotuses tried to plunder the white  cakravāka  birds, and the red lotuses tried to protect them. Thus there was a fight between the two.”
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পদ্মোৎপল —অচেতন, চক্রবাক —সচেতন, চক্রবাকে পদ্ম আস্বাদয় । ইহাঁ দু’হার উণ্টা স্থিতি, ধর্ম হৈল বিপরীতি, কৃষ্ণের রাজ্যে এঁছে ন্যায় হয় ॥ ৯৭ ॥
padmotpala  —acetana,  cakravāka  — sacetana ,  cakravāke padma āsvādaya   ihāṅ duṅhāra ulṭā sthiti, dharma haila viparīti, kṛṣṇera rājye aiche nyāya haya
SYNONYMS
padma-utpala —the blue and red lotus flowers;  acetana —unconscious;  cakravāka —the  cakravāka  birds;  sa-cetana —conscious;  cakravāke —the  cakravāka  birds;  padma —the blue lotus flowers;  āsvādaya —taste;  ihāṅ —here;  duṅhāra —of both of them;  ulṭā sthiti —the reverse situation;  dharma —