Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 1.161

parāmṛṣṭāńguṣṭha-trayam asita-ratnair ubhayato

vahantī sańkīrṇau maṇibhir aruṇais tat-parisarau

tayor madhye hīrojjvala-vimala-jāmbūnada-mayī

kare kalyāṇīyaḿ viharati hareḥ keli-muralī

SYNONYMS

parāmṛṣta — measured; anguṣṭha-trayam — a length of three fingers; asita-ratnaiḥ — with valuable indranīla jewels; ubhayataḥ — from both ends; vahantī — having; sańkīrṇau — bedecked; maṇibhiḥ — by gems; aruṇaiḥ — rubies; tat-parisarau — the two ends of the flute; tayoḥ madhye — between them; hīra — with diamonds; ujjvala — blazing; vimala — pure; jāmbūnada-mayī — covered with gold plate; kare — in the hand; kalyāṇī — very auspicious; iyam — this; viharati — glitters; hareḥ — of Kṛṣṇa; keli-muralī — the pastime flute.

TRANSLATION

"'The flute of Kṛṣṇa's pastimes measures three fingers in length, and it is bedecked with indranīla gems. At the ends of the flute are aruṇa gems [rubies], glittering beautifully, and between its ends the flute is plated with gold set ablaze by diamonds. This auspicious flute, pleasing to Kṛṣṇa, is glittering in His hand with transcendental brilliance.'

PURPORT

This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (3.1) is spoken to Lalitādevī by Paurṇamāsī.

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