Text 97] Rescuing the Lord from the Sea 163
‘ol pice aie’ face, ‘Genter bite aiface’,
Seats’ aif Fata Ad wow i
uthila bahu raktotpala, prthak prthak yugala,
padma-ganera kaila nivarana
‘padma’ cahe luti’ nite, ‘utpala’ cahe rakhite’,
‘cakravaka’ lagi’ dunhara rana
SYNONYMS
uthila—arose; bahu—many; rakta-utpala—red lotus flowers; prthak prthak —
separate; yugala—couples; padma-ganera—of the bluish lotus flowers; kaila—
did; nivarana—obstruction; padma—the blue lotus flowers; cahe —want; luti’—
stealing; nite—to take; utpala—the red lotus flowers; cahe rakhite’—wanted to
protect; cakravaka lagi’—for the cakravaka birds; dunhara—between the two,
(the red and blue lotus flowers); rana—fight.
TRANSLATION
“The hands of the gopis, which resembled red lotus flowers, arose from the
water in pairs to obstruct the bluish flowers. The blue lotuses tried to plunder
the white cakravaka birds, and the red lotuses tried to protect them. Thus
there was a fight between the two.
TEXT 97
AcHiernc] —AcChSa, DEPIUS —ACHSA,
DICH AQ HAT |
B31 Gata Boi fale, af tant fanaifs,
BURA ACSI AUG DIA SF 39 I
padmotpala —acetana, cakravaka——sacetana,
cakravake padma asvadaya
ihan dunhara ulta sthiti, dharma haila vipariti,
krsnera rajye aiche nyaya haya
SYNONYMS
padma-utpala—the blue and red lotus flowers; acetana—unconscious;
cakravaka—the cakravaka birds; sa-cetana—conscious; cakravake—the
cakravaka birds; padma—the blue lotus flowers; asvadaya—taste; ihan—here;
dunhadra—of both of them; ulta sthiti—the reverse situation; dharma—
