Madhya-līlāChapter 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 14.200

pāṇi-rodham avirodhita-vāñchaḿ

bhartsanāś ca madhura-smita-garbhāḥ

mādhavasya kurute karabhorur

hāri śuṣka-ruditaḿ ca mukhe 'pi

SYNONYMS

pāṇi — the hand; rodham — obstructing; avirodhita — unobstructed; vāñcham — the desire of Kṛṣṇa; bhartsanāḥ — admonitions; ca — and; madhura — sweet; smita-garbhāḥ — containing a gentle smiling attitude; mādhavasya — of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; kurute — does; karabha-ūruḥ — whose thigh is like the trunk of a baby elephant; hāri — charming; śuṣka-ruditam — dry crying; ca — and; mukhe — on the face; api — also.

TRANSLATION

"'Actually She has no desire to stop Kṛṣṇa's endeavor to touch Her body with His hands, yet Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, whose thighs are like the trunk of a baby elephant, protests His advances and, sweetly smiling, admonishes Him. At such times She cries without tears on Her charming face.'

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