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with deep meaning; rasa-sticaka—joking; aksara—letters; pada-artha—meanings;
bhangi—indications; uktikab—whose talk; rama-adika—beginning with the god-
dess of fortune; vara-angana—of beautiful women; hrdaya-hari—attracting the
hearts; vamsi-kalah—the sound of whose flute; sah—that; me—My; madana-
mohanah—Madana-mohana; sakhi—My dear friend; tanoti—expands; karna-
sprham—the desire of the ears.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued, “ ‘My dear friend, the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, Krsna, has a voice as deep as a cloud resounding in the
sky. With the tinkling of His ornaments, He attracts the ears of the gopis, and
with the sound of His flute He attracts even the goddess of fortune and other
beautiful women. That Personality of Godhead, known as Madana-mohana,
whose joking words carry many indications and deep meanings, is increasing
the lusty desires of My ears.’

PURPORT
This verse is found in the Govinda-lilamrta (8.5).

TEXT 41

“etda aera eafa, Aaaa-wafa feria’,
ata ete catfeaey aera |
SA GF BHS-SeA, GN SITSA SICA,
saz Ste selw’ al HHH NBS I

“kanthera gambhira dhvani, navaghana-dhvani jini’,
yara gune kokila lajaya
tara eka sruti-kane, dubaya jagatera kane,
punah kana bahudi’ na aya

SYNONYMS

kanthera—of the throat; gambhira—deep; dhvani—sound; nava-ghana—of
new clouds; dhvani—the resounding; jini’—conquering; yara—of which; gune—
the attributes; kokila—the cuckoo; /ajaya—put to shame; tara—of that; eka—
one; sruti-kane—particle of sound; dubaya—inundates; jagatera—of the whole
world; kane—the ear; punah—again; kana—the ear; bahudi’—getting out; nda
aya—cannot come.
TRANSLATION

“Krsna’s deep voice is more resonant than newly arrived clouds, and His
sweet song defeats even the sweet voice of the cuckoo. Indeed, His song is so
