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Performance of the Vrndāvana Pastimes
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meru-mandara-parvata ḍubāya yathā tathā  
 ei dui—gaṇḍa-śaila, ihāra kā kathā
SYNONYMS
meru-mandara —Sumeru and Mandara;  parvata —big mountains;  ḍubāya —drowns;  yathā tathā —anywhere;  ei dui —these two;  gaṇḍa-śaila —very small hills;  ihāra kā kathā —what to speak of these.
TRANSLATION
“A drop from the ocean of Your mercy can drown great mountains like Sumeru and Mandara. Since these two gentlemen are little hills by comparison, there is no wonder that they are being drowned in the ocean of Your mercy.
TEXT 87
শুক্কতক  -খলি খাইতে জন্ম গেল ঘাঁৱ ।।
তাঁরে লীলামুত পিমাও, —এ রুপা ভোমার ॥  ৮৭ ॥
śușka-tarka-khali khāite janma gela yāṅra tāṅre lilāmṛta piyāo,—e kṛpā tomāra
SYNONYMS
śuṣka-tarka —of dry logic;  khali —oil cakes;  khāite —eating;  janma —the whole iife;  gela —passed;  yāṅra —of whom;  tāṅre —him;  lilā-amṛta —the nectar of Your pastimes;  piyāo —You caused to drink;  e —this;  kṛpā —mercy;  tomāra —Your.
TRANSLATION
“Logic is like a dry oil cake from which all the oil has been extracted. Bhaṭācārya passed his life in eating such dry cakes, but now You have made him drink the nectar of transcendental pastimes. It is certainly Your great mercy upon him.”
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হাসি’ মহাপ্রভু তবে ভাঙৈতে আনিল ।।
জলের উপরে স্ত্রীরে শেষ-শয্যা কৈল ॥ ৮৮ ॥
hāsi’ mahāprabhu tabe advaite ānila jalera upare tāṅre śeṣa-śayyā kaila
SYNONYMS
hāsi' —smiling;  mahāprabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  tabe —at that time;  advaite ānila —called for Advaita Ācārya;  jalera upare —on the surface of the water;  tāṅre —Him;  śeṣa-śayyā —the Śeṣa Nāga bed;  kaila —made.