Ādi-līlāChapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.202

ańga-stambhārambham uttuńgayantam

premānandam dāruko nābhyanandat

kamsārāter vījane yena sākshād

akshodīyān antarāyo vyadhāyi

SYNONYMS

ańga — of the limbs; stambha-ārambham — the beginning of stupefaction; uttuńgayantam — which was causing him to reach; prema-ānandam — the joy of love; dārukahDāruka, the Lord's chariot driver; na — not; abhyanandat — welcomed; kamsa-arāteh — of Lord Krishna, the enemy of Kamsa; vījanein fanning with a cāmara fan; yena — by which; sākshāt — clearly; akshodīyān — greater; antarāyah — obstacle; vyadhāyi — has been created.

TRANSLATION

"Śrī Dāruka did not relish his ecstatic feelings of love, for they caused his limbs to become stunned and thus obstructed his service of fanning Lord Krishna."

PURPORT

This verse is from the Bhakti-rasāmrita-sindhu (3.2.62).

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