Text 43] The Lord’s Bodily Transformations 99
sweet that even one particle of its sound can inundate the entire world. If such
a particle enters one’s ear, one is immediately bereft of all other types of
hearing.
TEXT 42
a, afa, fe sia Bata ?
SCHA CH H-CA, afaca aiata SIC,
O04 ai NA, SATA APY AWAY Br 0 eH i
kaha, sakhi, ki kari updya?
krsnera se sabda-gune, harile Amara kane,
ebe nd pdaya, trsnaya mari’ yaya
SYNONYMS
kaha—please say; sakhi—My dear friend; ki—what; kari—can | do; upaya—
means; krsnera—of Krsna; se—that; sabda—of the sound; gune—the qualities;
harile—having attracted; amara—My; kane—ears; ebe —now; na paya—do not
get; trsnaya—from thirst; mari’ yaya—I am dying.
TRANSLATION
‘My dear friend, please tell me what to do. My ears have been plundered by
the qualities of Krsna’s sound. Now, however, | cannot hear His transcenden-
tal sound, and | am almost dead for want of it.
TEXT 43
qAa-fofea-eaia, aen-nian fafa’,
ae -eafa BOTS AST |
GENT CAL VLA, anit ace’ Sta BIC4,
BD 1H CASITA A AA | BO |
ndpura-kinkini-dhvani, harsa-sarasa jini’,
kankana-dhvani catake lajaya
eka-bara yei sune, vyapi rahe’ tara kane,
anya Sabda se-kane na yaya
SYNONYMS
napura—of the ankle bells; kinkini—tinkling; dhvani—the sound; harnsa—
swans; sdrasa—cranes; jini’—conquering; kankana-dhvani—the sound of
