Adi-lila, Chapter 2 91
TRANSLATION

O my merciful Lord Caitanya, may the nectarean Ganges waters of Your transcen-
dental activities flow on the surface of my desert-like tongue. Beautifying these
waters are the lotus flowers of singing, dancing and loud chanting of Krgna’s holy
name, which are the pleasure abodes of unalloyed devotees. These devotees are
compared to swans, ducks and bees. The river’s flowing produces a melodious
sound that gladdens their ears.

PURPORT

Our tongues always engage in vibrating useless sounds that do not help us realize
transcendental peace. The tongue is compared to a desert because a desert needs a
constant supply of refreshing water to make it fertile and fruitful. Water is the
substance most needed in the desert. The transient pleasure derived from mundane
topics of art, culture, politics, sociology, dry philosophy, poetry and so on is com
pared to a mere drop of water because although such topics have a qualitative
feature of transcendental pleasure, they are saturated with the modes of material
nature. Therefore neither collectively nor individually can they satisfy the vast
requirements of the desert-like tongue. Despite crying in various conferences, there-
fore, the desert-like tongue continues to be parched. For this reason, people from
all parts of the world must call for the devotees of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
who are compared to swans swimming around the beautiful lotus feet of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu or bees humming around His lotus feet in transcendental pleasure,
searching for honey. The dryness of material happiness cannot be moistened by
so-called philosophers who cry for Brahman, liberation and similar dry speculative
objects. The urge of the soul proper is different. The soul can be solaced only by
the mercy of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His many bona fide devotees, who
never leave the lotus feet of the Lord to become imitation Mahaprabhus, but all
cling to His lotus feet like bees that never leave a honey-soaked lotus flower.

Lord Caitanya’s movement of Krsna consciousness is full of dancing and singing
about the pastimes of Lord Krgna. It is compared herein to the pure waters of the
Ganges, which are full of lotus flowers. The enjoyers of these lotus flowers are the
pure devotees, who are like bees and swans. They chant like the flowing of the
Ganges, the river of the celestial kingdom. The author desires such sweetly flowing
waves to cover his tongue. He humbly compares himself to materialistic persons
who always engage in dry talk from which they derive no satisfaction. If they were
to use their dry tongues to chant the holy name of the Lord—Hare Krsna, Hare
Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare—
as exemplified by Lord Caitanya, they would taste sweet nectar and enjoy life.

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