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

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ańga-stambhārambham uttuńgayantaḿ

premānandaḿ dāruko nābhyanandat

kaḿsārāter vījane yena sākṣād

akṣodīyān 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; dārukaḥDāruka, the Lord's chariot driver; na — not; abhyanandat — welcomed; kaḿsa-arāteḥ — of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of Kaḿsa; vījanein fanning with a cāmara fan; yena — by which; sākṣāt — clearly; akṣodīyān — greater; antarāyaḥ — 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 Kṛṣṇa."

PURPORT

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

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