Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 8 Verse 219

Madhya-līlā | Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 8.219

yat te sujāta-caraṇāmburuhaḿ staneṣu

bhītāḥ śanaiḥ priya dadhīmahi karkaśeṣu

tenāṭavīm aṭasi tad vyathate na kiḿ svit

kūrpādibhir bhramati dhīr bhavad-āyuṣāḿ naḥ

SYNONYMS

yat — because; te — Your; sujāta — delicate; caraṇa-ambu-ruham — lotus feet; staneṣu — on the breasts; bhītāḥ — being afraid of; śanaiḥ — very carefully; priya — O dear one; dadhīmahi — we place; karkaśeṣu — very rough and hard; tena — by such lotus feet; aṭavīm — the forest; aṭasi — You wander; tat vyathate — that are pained; na — not; kim svit — whether; kūrpa-ādibhiḥ — by the small particles of stone; bhramati — bewilders; dhīḥ — intelligence; bhavat-āyuṣām — of persons who consider You as the duration of life; naḥ — of us.

TRANSLATION

"[All the gopīs said:] 'Dear Kṛṣṇa, we carefully hold Your delicate lotus feet upon our hard breasts. When You walk in the forest, Your soft lotus feet are pricked by small bits of stone. We fear that this is paining You. Since You are our life and soul, our minds are very much disturbed when Your lotus feet are pained.'

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.31.19).

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