Text 33] The Lord Travels to Vrndavana 17

heart is completely freed from material contamination, and he can become very
dear even to fierce animals like tigers and elephants. Indeed, the maha-bhdagavata
treats them as his very intimate friends. On this platform there is no question of
envy. When the Lord was passing through the forest, He was in ecstasy, thinking
the forest to be Vrndavana. He was simply searching for Krsna.

TEXT 32
CHR wer-fary-seti ATIC TA INT |
CAS ‘HW’ ‘HRW’ SCH, CITA ATS, AA W 2 I

sei jala-bindu-kand lage yara gaya
sei ‘krsna’ ‘krsna’ kahe, preme nace, gaya

SYNONYMS

sei—those; jala—of water; bindu—drops; kana—particles; lage—touch;
yara—whose; gaya—body; sei—they; krsna krsna—Krsna, Krsna; kahe—say;
preme—in ecstasy; nace—dance; gaya—sing.

TRANSLATION

The elephants whose bodies were touched by the water splashed by the
Lord began to chant, ‘Krsna! Krsna!’’ and dance and sing in ecstasy.

TEXT 33

CFE HA ACG, CHE FATA [ES |
cafe SBtoicda ACA SA DACA | wo |

keha bhame pade, keha karaye citkara
dekhi’ bhattacaryera mane haya camatkdra

SYNONYMS

keha—some of them; bhime—on the ground; pade—fall down; keha—some
of them; karaye—perform; cit-kara—screaming; dekhi’—seeing; bhattacaryera —
of Bhattacarya; mane—in the mind; haya—there was; camatkdra—astonishment.

TRANSLATION

Some of the elephants fell to the ground, and some screamed in ecstasy.
Seeing this, Balabhadra Bhattacarya was completely astonished.
