556 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 11

the separation. When the Lord descends on the earth, His eternal associates
also come with Him, just as the entourage of the king accompanies him.
Such associates of the Lord are eternally liberated souls, and they cannot
bear the separation of the Lord even for a moment because of intense
affection for the Lord. Thus the inhabitants of the city of Dvaraka were
in a mood of dejection and expected the arrival of the Lord at any mo-
ment. So the heralding sound of the auspicious conchshell was very en-
couraging. and appare ntly the sound pacified their dejection. They were
still more aspirant to see the Lord amongst themselves, and all of them
became alert to receive Him in the befitting manner. These are the signs
of spontaneous love of Godhead.

TEXT 2

qa THR WAS a-
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SATTA: «= BHATT
TMEAMS HIEA Tae? Il 2 II

sa uccakase dhavalodaro daro
‘py urukramasyadharasona-sonima
dadhmayamanah kara-kajija-sampute
yathabja-khande kala-hamsa utsvanah

sah—that; uccakase—became brilliant; dhavalodarah—white and fat-
boweled; darah—conchshell; api—although it is so; urukramasya—of the
great adventurer; adharasona—by the transcendental quality of His lips;
Sonima—reddened; dadhmayamanah— being sounded; kara-kajija-sampute—
being caught by the grip of the hand; yatha—as it is;abja-khande—by the
stems of lotus flowers; kala-harnsa—ducking swan; utsvanah—loudly.
sounding.

TRANSLATION

The white and fat-boweled conchshell, being gripped by the hand of
Lord Krsna and sounded by Him, appeared to be reddened by the touch of
His transcendental lips. It seemed that a white swan was playing in the
stems of red lotus flowers.
