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The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Caitanya
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mṛga-mada nīlotpala, milane ye parimala, yei hare tāra garva-māna hena kṛṣṇa-aṅga-gandha, yāra nāhi se sambandha, sei nāsā bhastrāra samāna
SYNONYMS
mṛga-mada —the fragrance of musk;  nīla-utpala —and the bluish lotus flower;  milane —in mixing;  ye —that;  parimala —fragrance;  yei —which;  hare —vanquishes;  tāra —of them;  garva —pride;  māna —and prestige;  hena —such;  kṛṣṇa —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  aṅga —of the body;  gandha —the aroma;  yāra —whose;  nāhi —not;  se —that;  sambandha —relationship;  sei —such;  nāsā —nose;  bhastrāra —to the bellows;  samāna —equal.
TRANSLATION
“One’s nostrils are no better than the bellows of a blacksmith if he has not smelled the fragrance of Kṛṣṇa’s body, which is like the aroma of musk combined with that of the bluish lotus flower. Indeed, such combinations are actually defeated by the aroma of Kṛṣṇa’s body.
TEXT 34
कृष्ण-कर-प्रदत्तल, कोटिच्छ-स्र्गीतल, तार स्र्गर्ग येन स्र्गर्गर्गि । तार स्र्गर्ग नाहि यार, से याडक हारथार, सेहे वपू लोह-सम जानि ॥ ७८ ॥
kṛṣṇa-kara-pada-tala, koṭi-candra-suśitala, tāra sparśa yena sparśa-maṇi tāra sparśa nāhi yāra, se yāuk chārakhāra, sei vapu lauha-sama jāni
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  kara —the palms;  pada-tala —the soles of His feet;  koṭi-candra —like the light of millions of moons;  su-śitala —cool and pleasing;  tāra —of them;  sparśa —the touch;  yena —like;  sparśa-maṇi —touchstone;  tāra —his;  sparśa —touch;  nāhi —not;  yāra —of whom;  se —that person;  yāuk —let him go;  chārakhāra —to ruin;  sei vapu —that body;  lauha-sama —like iron;  jāni —I know.