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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 1.160

kvacid bhṛńgī-gītaḿ kvacid anila-bhańgī-śiśiratā

kvacid vallī-lāsyaḿ kvacid amala-mallī-parimalaḥ

kvacid dhārā-śālī karaka-phala-pālī-rasa-bharo

hṛṣīkāṇāḿ vṛndaḿ pramadayati vṛndāvanam idam

SYNONYMS

kvacit — somewhere; bhṛńgī-gītam — the humming songs of the bumblebees; kvacit — somewhere; anila-bhańgī-śiśiratā — coolness from the waves of the mild breezes; kvacit — somewhere; vallī-lāsyam — the dancing of the creepers; kvacit — somewhere; amala-mallī-parimalaḥ — the pure fragrance of the mallikā flowers; kvacit — somewhere; dhārā-śālī — abounding in showers; karaka-phala-pālī — of pomegranate fruits; rasa-bharaḥ — overabundance of juice; hṛṣīkāṇām — of the senses; vṛndamto the group; pramadayati — is giving pleasure; vṛndāvanam — the forest of Vṛndāvana; idam — this.

TRANSLATION

"'My dear friend, this forest of Vṛndāvana is giving great pleasure to our senses in various ways. Somewhere bumblebees are singing in groups, and in some places mild breezes are cooling the entire atmosphere. Somewhere the creepers and tree twigs are dancing, the mallikā flowers are expanding their fragrance, and an overabundance of juice is constantly flowing in showers from pomegranate fruits.'

PURPORT

This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (1.31) is spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa to His cowherd friend Madhumańgala.

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