172 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 5

tanhara mahisi aila gopala-darsane
bhakti kari’ bahu alankara kaila samarpane

SYNONYMS

tanhara mahisi—his Queen; dila—came; gopdala-darsane—to see the Gopala
Deity; bhakti kari’—in great devotion; bahu—various; alahnkara—of ornaments;
kaila—made; samarpane —presentation.

TRANSLATION

When the Gopala Deity was installed at Kataka, the Queen of Purusottama-
deva went to see Him and, with great devotion, presented various kinds of or-
naments.

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tanhdra nasate bahu-milya mukta haya
tahd dite iccha haila, manete cintaya

SYNONYMS

tanhara ndsdte—on the nostril of the Queen; bahu-mtlya—very valuable;
mukta—pearl; haya—there was; tahd—that; dite—to give; iccha—the desire;
haila—there was; manete—in the mind; cintaya—thinks.

TRANSLATION

The Queen had a very valuable pearl, which she wore on her nose, and she
wished to give it to Gopala. She then began to think as follows.

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thakurera nasate yadi chidra thakita
tabe ei dasi mukta nasaya pardita

SYNONYMS
thakurera nasate—in the nose of the Deity; yadi—if; chidra—a hole; thakita—
there were; tabe—then; ei—this; dasi—maidservant; mukta—pearl; ndsaya—on
the nose; pardita—could put on.
