Text 43]
The Lord's Inconceivable Behavior
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TRANSLATION
“Kṛṣṇa’s bodily luster shines like the indranīla gem and surpasses the luster of the tamāla tree. The luster of His body drives the entire world mad because Providence has made it transparent by refining the essence of the mellow of conjugal love and mixing it with moonshine.
TEXT 42
কাহাঁ সে মুরলীধ্বনি,      নবাজ্ঞ-গর্জিত জিনি, 
  জগৎ আকর্ষে শ্রবণে যাহার । 
  উঠি ধায় ব্রজ-জন,      তৃষিত চাতকগণ, 
  আসি’ পিয়ে কাস্ত্যমৃত-ধার ॥ ৪২ ॥
kāhāṅ se muralī-dhvani,      navābhra-garjita jini’, 
  jagat ākarṣe śravaṇe yāhāra 
  uṭhi’ dhāya vraja-jana,      tṛṣita cātaka-gaṇa, 
  āsi’ piye kānty-amṛta-dhāra
SYNONYMS
kāhāṅ—where; se—that; muralī-dhvani—the vibration of the flute; nava-abhra-garjita jini’—conquering the vibrations of new clouds; jagat—the whole world; ākarṣe—attracts; śravaṇe—the hearing; yāhāra—whose; uṭhi’—standing up; dhāya—run; vraja-jana—the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi; tṛṣita cātaka-gaṇa—like lusty cātaka birds; āsi’—coming; piye—drink; kānti-amṛta-dhāra—the showers of the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s bodily luster.
TRANSLATION
“The deep vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute surpasses the thundering of new clouds and attracts the aural reception of the entire world. Thus the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana rise and pursue that sound, drinking the showering nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s bodily luster like thirsty cātaka birds.
TEXT 43
মোর সেই কলানিধি,      প্রাণরক্ষা-মহোষধি, 
  সখি, মোর তেঁহো স্বল্পত্তম । 
  দেহ জীয়ে তাঁহা বিনে,      ধিক্ এই জীবনে, 
  বিধি করে এত বিড্বজন !” ৪৩ ॥