238 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 19
netre nimilayasi naktam adrsta-bandhus
tvam roravisi karunam bata cakravaki
dasyam gata vayam ivacyuta-pada-justam
kim va srajam sprhayase kabarena vodhum
“O cakravaki, you keep your eyes wide open at night because you cannot see
your friend. Indeed, you are suffering very much. Is it because of compassion that
you are crying, or are you trying to capture Krsna by remembering Him? Having
been touched by the lotus feet of Krsna, all the queens are very happy. Are you
crying to wear Krsna’s garland on your head? Please answer these questions
clearly, O cakravaki, so that we can understand.”
bho bhoh sada nistanase udanvann
alabdha-nidro ‘dhigata-prajagarah
kirn va mukundapahrtatma-lafichanah
praptam dasdm tvam ca gato duratyayam
“O ocean, you have no opportunity to sleep quietly at night. Instead, you are al-
ways awake and crying. You have received this benediction, and your heart is
broken just like ours. Mukunda’s business with us is simply to smear our marks of
kunkuma. O ocean, you suffer as much as we.”
tvam yaksmana balavatasi grhita indo
ksinas tamo na nija-didhitibhih ksinosi
kaccin mukunda-gaditani yatha vayam tvam
vismrtya bhoh sthagita-gir upalaksyase nah
“O moon, you appear to be suffering from a severe fever, perhaps tuberculosis.
Indeed, your effulgence does not have the strength to destroy the darkness. Have
you become mad after hearing the songs of Krsna? Is that why you are silent?
Seeing your suffering, we feel that you are one of us.”
kim tvacaritam asmabhir
malayanila te ‘priyam
govindapanga-nirbhinne
hrdirayasi nah smaran
“O Malayan breeze, kindly tell us what wrong we have done to you. Why do you
fan the flames of desire in our hearts? We have been pierced by the arrow of
Govinda’s glance, for He is perfect in the art of awakening the influence of
Cupid.”
