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in Kṛṣṇa's pastimes the red lotuses, which are the hands of the gopīs, protect their cakravāka breasts. This is a metaphor of contradiction."
PURPORT
Because the blue lotus flower blossoms with the rising of the sun, the sun is the friend of the blue lotus. The cakravāka birds also appear when the sun rises, and therefore the cakravākas and blue lotuses meet. Although the blue lotus is a friend of the sun, in Kṛṣṇa's pastimes it nevertheless plunders their mutual friend the cakravāka. Normally, cakravākas move about whereas lotuses stand still, but herein Kṛṣṇa's hands, which are compared to blue lotuses, attack the breasts of the gopīs, which are compared to cakravākas. This is called a reverse analogy. At night the red lotus blossoms, whereas in sunlight it closes. Therefore the red lotus is an enemy to the sun and is unknown to the sun's friend the cakravāka. The gopīs' breasts, however, are compared to cakravākas and their hands to red lotuses protecting them. This is a wonderful instance of reverse analogy.
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অতিশয়োক্তি, বিরোধাভাস, দুই অলঙ্কার প্রকাশ, 
    করি' কৃষ্ণ প্রকট দেখাইল । 
    যাহা করি' আস্বাদন, আনন্দিত মোর মন, 
    নেত্র-কর্ণ-যুগ্ম জুড়াইল ॥ ৯৯ ॥
atiśayokti, virodhābhāsa, dui alaṅkāra prakāśa, 
    kari' kṛṣṇa prakaṭa dekhāila 
    yāhā kari' āsvādana, ānandita mora mana, 
    netra-karṇa-yugma juḍāila
SYNONYMS
atiśaya-ukti—exaggerated language; virodha-ābhāsa—incongruent analogy; 
    dui alaṅkāra—two metaphors; prakāśa—manifestations; kari'—making; kṛṣṇa— 
    Lord Kṛṣṇa; prakaṭa—exhibited; dekhāila—showed; yāhā—which; kari' 
    āsvādana—tasting; ānandita—pleased; mora mana—My mind; netra-karṇa—of 
    eyes and ears; yugma—the couples; juḍāila—became satisfied.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, "In His pastimes, Kṛṣṇa displayed the 
    two ornaments of hyperbole and reverse analogy. Tasting them brought glad- 
    ness to My mind and fully satisfied My ears and eyes.