160 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 18
SYNONYMS
padmini-lata—the stems of lotus flowers; sakhi-caya—friends of the gopis;
kaila—gave; karo—to some of the gopis; sahaya—help; tarariga-haste—by the
waves of the Yamuna, which are compared to hands; patra—the lotus leaves;
samarpila—supplied; | keha—someone; mukta—released; kesa-pasa—the
bunches of hair; age—in front; kaila—made; adhovasa—a lower dress; haste —
the hands; keha—some; kaficuli—as a top dress; dharila—held.
TRANSLATION
“The lotus stems were friends of the gopis and therefore helped them by
offering them lotus leaves. The lotuses pushed their large, round leaves over
the surface of the water with their hands, the waves of the Yamuna, to cover
the gopis’ bodies. Some gopis undid their hair and kept it in front of them as
dresses to cover the lower portions of their bodies and used their hands as
bodices to cover their breasts.
TEXT 92
SCBA SHAQ MAHA, CAN Aste CHERCE,
CRASSA Cate YHACS |
BFA SCA CA, «= WAT SCAT GIT,
ACH TA a ATA [HFACS i dz Ui
krsnera kalaha radha-sane, gopi-gana sei-ksane,
hemabja-vane geld lukaite
akantha-vapu jale paise, mukha-matra jale bhase,
padme-mukhe na pari cinite
SYNONYMS
krsnera—of Krsna; kalaha—quarrel; radha-sane—with Radha; gopi-gana—the
gopis; sei-ksane—at that moment; hema-abja—of white lotus flowers; vane—in
the forest; gela—went; lukdite—to hide; akantha—up to the neck; vapu—body;
jale—into the water; paise—enter; mukha-matra—only the lotus flowers and the
faces; jale—in the water; bhase—float; padme-mukhe—between the lotus
flowers and the faces; nd pari—not able; cinite—to discern.
TRANSLATION
“Then Krsna quarreled with Radharani, and all the gopis hid themselves ina
cluster of white lotus flowers. They submerged their bodies up to their necks
in the water. Only their faces floated above the surface, and the faces were in-
distinguishable from the lotuses.
