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CC Antya 1.180

Text

rāya kahe, — “rūpera kāvya amṛtera pūra
tāra madhye eka bindu diyāche karpūra”

Synonyms

rāya kahe — Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya says; rūpera kāvya — the poetic expression of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; amṛtera pūra — filled with all nectar; tāra madhye — within that; eka bindu — one drop; diyāche — he has given; karpūra — camphor.

Translation

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya objected, “It is not alkali at all. It is a particle of camphor he has put into the nectar of his exalted poetic expression.”