Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya-lila Chapter 1 Verse 158

Antya-līlā | Chapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's Second Meeting With the Lord

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 1.158

su-gandhau mākanda-prakara-makarandasya madhure

vinisyande vandī-kṛta-madhupa-vṛndaḿ muhur idam

kṛtāndolaḿ mandonnatibhir anilaiś candana-girer

mamānandaḿ vṛndā-vipinam atulaḿ tundilayati

SYNONYMS

su-gandhau — in the fragrance; mākanda-prakara — of the bunches of mango buds; makarandasya — of the honey; madhure — sweet; vinisyande — in the oozing; vandī-kṛta — grouped together; madhupa-vṛndam — bumblebees; muhuḥ — again and again; idam — this; kṛta-andolam — agitated; manda-unnatibhiḥ — moving softly; anilaiḥ — by the breezes; candana-gireḥ — from the Malaya Hills; mama — My; ānandam — pleasure; vṛndā-vipinam — the forest of Vṛndāvana; atulam — very much; tundilayati — increases more and more.

TRANSLATION

"'The sweet, fragrant honey oozing from newly grown mango buds is again and again attracting groups of bumblebees, and this forest is trembling in the softly moving breezes from the Malaya Hills, which are full of sandalwood trees. Thus the forest of Vṛndāvana is increasing My transcendental pleasure.'

PURPORT

This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (1.23) is spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself.

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