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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 18]
characteristic nature;  haila —became;  viparīti —reversed;  kṛṣṇera —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  rājye —in the kingdom;  aiche —such;  nyāya —principle;  haya —there is.
TRANSLATION
“Blue and red lotus flowers are unconscious objects, whereas cakravākas are conscious and alive. Nevertheless, in ecstatic love, the blue lotuses began to taste the cakravākas. This is a reversal of their natural behavior, but in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s kingdom such reversals are a principle of His pastimes.
PURPORT
Generally the  cakravāka  bird tastes the lotus flower, but in Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes the lotus, which is usually lifeless, tastes the  cakravāka  bird.
TEXT 98
মিত্রের মিত্র সহবাসী, চক্রবাকে লুটে আসি’, কৃষ্ণের রাজ্যে এঁছে ব্যবহার। অপরিচিত শত্রুর মিত্র, রাখে উৎপল,— এ বড় চিত্র, এই বড় ‘বিরোধ-অলঙ্কার’ ॥ ৯৮ ॥
mitrera mitra saha-vāsī, cakravāke luṭe āsi’, kṛṣṇera rājye aiche vyavahāra aparicita śatrura mitra, rākhe utpala,—e baḍa citra, ei baḍa ‘virodha-alaṅkāra’
SYNONYMS
mitrera —of the sun-god;  mitra —the friend;  saha-vāsī —living together with the  cakravāka  birds;  cakravāke —the  cakravāka  birds;  luṭe —plunder;  āsi’ —coming;  kṛṣṇera rājye —in the kingdom of Kṛṣṇa;  aiche —such;  vyavahāra —behavior;  aparicita —unacquainted;  śatrura mitra —the friend of the enemy;  rākhe —protects;  utpala —the red lotus flower;  e —this;  baḍa citra —very wonderful;  ei —this;  baḍa —great;  virodha-alaṅkāra —metaphor of contradiction.
TRANSLATION
“The blue lotuses are friends of the sun-god, and though they all live together, the blue lotuses plunder the  cakravākas . The red lotuses, however, blossom at night and are therefore strangers or enemies to the  cakravākas . Yet