Madhya-līlāChapter 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 2.56

kāhāń se tri-bhańga-ṭhāma, kāhāń sei veṇu-gāna,

kāhāń sei yamunā-pulina

kāhāń se rāsa-vilāsa, kāhāń nṛtya-gīta-hāsa,

kāhāń prabhu madana-mohana

SYNONYMS

kāhāń — where; se — that; tri-bhańga-ṭhāma — figure curved in three places; kāhāń — where; sei — that; veṇu-gāna — sweet song of the flute; kāhāń — where; sei — that; yamunā-pulina — bank of the Yamunā River; kāhāń — where; se — that; rāsa-vilāsa — the rāsa dance; kāhāń — where; nṛtya-gīta-hāsa — dancing, music and laughing; kāhāń — where; prabhu — My Lord; madana-mohana — the enchanter of Madana (Cupid).

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to lament by saying, "Where is Śrī Kṛṣṇa, whose form is curved in three places? Where is the sweet song of His flute, and where is the bank of the Yamunā? Where is the rāsa dance? Where is that dancing, singing, and laughing? Where is My Lord, Madana-mohana, the enchanter of Cupid?"

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