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CC Antya 17.40

Text

nadaj-jalada-nisvanaḥ śravaṇa-karṣi-sac-chiñjitaḥ
sanarma-rasa-sūcakākṣara-padārtha-bhaṅgy-uktikaḥ
ramādika-varāṅganā-hṛdaya-hāri-vaṁśī-kalaḥ
sa me madana-mohanaḥ sakhi tanoti karṇa-spṛhām

Synonyms

nadat — resounding; jalada — the cloud; nisvanaḥ — whose voice; śravaṇa — the ears; karṣi — attracting; sat-śiñjitaḥ — the tinkling of whose ornaments; sa-narma — with deep meaning; rasa-sūcaka — joking; akṣara — letters; pada-artha — meanings; bhaṅgi — indications; uktikaḥ — whose talk; ramā-ādika — beginning with the goddess of fortune; vara-aṅganā — of beautiful women; hṛdaya-hāri — attracting the hearts; vaṁśī-kalaḥ — the sound of whose flute; saḥ — that; me — My; madana-mohanaḥ — Madana-mohana; sakhi — My dear friend; tanoti — expands; karṇa-spṛhām — the desire of the ears.

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “ ‘My dear friend, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, has a voice as deep as a cloud resounding in the sky. With the tinkling of His ornaments He attracts the ears of the gopīs, and with the sound of His flute He attracts even the goddess of fortune and other beautiful women. That Personality of Godhead, known as Madana-mohana, whose joking words carry many indications and deep meanings, is increasing the lusty desires of My ears.’

Purport

This verse is found in the Govinda-līlāmṛta (8.5).