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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 11]
the separation. When the Lord descends on the earth, His eternal associates also come with Him, just as the entourage of the king accompanies him. Such associates of the Lord are eternally liberated souls, and they cannot bear the separation of the Lord even for a moment because of intense affection for the Lord. Thus the inhabitants of the city of Dvārakā were in a mood of dejection and expected the arrival of the Lord at any moment. So the heralding sound of the auspicious conchshell was very encouraging, and apparently the sound pacified their dejection. They were still more aspirant to see the Lord amongst themselves, and all of them became alert to receive Him in the befitting manner. These are the signs of spontaneous love of Godhead.
TEXT 2
स उच्चकाशे धवलोदरो दरो- 
    ऽप्युरुक्रमस्याधरशोणशोणिमा । 
    दाध्मायमानः करकञ्जसम्पुटे 
    यथाब्जखण्डे कलहंस उत्सवनः ॥ २ ॥
sa uccakāśe dhavalodaro daro 
    'py urukramasyādharaśoṇa-śoṇimā 
    dādhmāyamānaḥ kara-kañja-sampuṭe 
    yathābja-khaṇḍe kala-haṁsa utsvanaḥ
saḥ —that;  uccakāśe —became brilliant;  dhavalodaraḥ —white and fat-boweled;  daraḥ —conchshell;  api —although it is so;  urukramasya —of the great adventurer;  adharaśoṇa —by the transcendental quality of His lips;  śoṇimā —reddened;  dādhmāyamānaḥ —being sounded;  kara-kañja-sampuṭe —being caught by the grip of the hand;  yathā —as it is;  ābja-khaṇḍe —by the stems of lotus flowers;  kala-haṁsa —ducking swan;  utsvanaḥ —loudly sounding.
TRANSLATION
The white and fat-boweled conchshell, being gripped by the hand of Lord Kṛṣṇa and sounded by Him, appeared to be reddened by the touch of His transcendental lips. It seemed that a white swan was playing in the stems of red lotus flowers.