64 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 16

superiors. As if catching us by our hair, they forcibly take us away and sur-
render us unto You to become Your maidservants. Hearing of these incidents,
people laugh at us. We have thus become completely subordinate to the flute.

TEXT 129

QS Tica agiFaia, aS Se DATTA,
8 wat ahaa, carta fee |
al afe’ fe aface ahs, site afe cata ofa’,
colata ace Gifs’ silFAcS ays sou

suska bansera lathikhana, eta kare apamana,
ei dasa karila, gosafi
na sahi’ ki karite pari, tahe rahi mauna dhari’,

corara make daki’ kandite nai

SYNONYMS
suska—dry; bansera—of bamboo; I/athi-khana—a stick; eta—this; kare
apamdna—insults; ei—this; dasd—condition; karila—made; gosafi—the master;
na sahi’—not tolerating; ki—what; karite pari—can we do; tahe—at that time;
rahi—we remain; mauna dhari’—keeping silent; corara—of a thief; make —for the
mother; daki’—calling; kandite—to cry; ndai—is not possible.

TRANSLATION

“This flute is nothing but a dry stick of bamboo, but it becomes our master
and insults us in so many ways that it forces us into a predicament. What can
we do but tolerate it? The mother of a thief cannot cry loudly for justice when
the thief is punished. Therefore we simply remain silent.

TEXT 130

BUCAA GF AS, aia wa Farle,
CA BAA-ACA FlA CAAA |
CAS SBj-CSUTy-*A 1a, BT BYIS-AAla,
A StF VA “BA-CHA! | Soe Ul
adharera ei riti, ara suna kuniti,
se adhara-sane yara mela

sei bhaksya-bhojya-pana, haya amrta-samdana,
nama tara haya ‘krsna-phela’
