Antya-līlāChapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's Second Meeting With the Lord

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 1.114

priyaḥ so 'yaḿ kṛṣṇaḥ saha-cari kuru-kṣetra-militas

tathāhaḿ sā rādhā tad idam ubhayoḥ sańgama-sukham

tathāpy antaḥ-khelan-madhura-muralī-pañcama-juṣe

mano me kālindī-pulina-vipināya spṛhayati

SYNONYMS

priyaḥ — very dear; saḥHe; ayam — this; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; saha-cariO My dear friend; kuru-kṣetra-militaḥ — who is met on the field of Kurukṣetra; tathā — also; ahamI; — that; rādhā — Rādhārāṇī; tat — that; idam — this; ubhayoḥ — of both of Us; sańgama-sukham — the happiness of meeting; tathā-api — still; antaḥ — within; khelan — playing; madhura — sweet; muralī — of the flute; pañcama — the fifth note; juṣe — which delights in; manaḥ — the mind; me — My; kālindī — of the river Yamunā; pulina — on the bank; vipināya — the trees; spṛhayati — desires.

TRANSLATION

"'My dear friend, now I have met My very old and dear friend Kṛṣṇa on this field of Kurukṣetra. I am the same Rādhārāṇī, and now We are meeting together. It is very pleasant, but I would still like to go to the bank of the Yamunā beneath the trees of the forest there. I wish to hear the vibration of His sweet flute playing the fifth note within that forest of Vṛndāvana.'"

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