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  "name":"Cc. Ādi 4.251",
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  "label":"Text 251",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 4.251",
  "description":"\"The flutelike murmur of the bamboos rubbing against one another steals Rādhārāṇī's consciousness, for She thinks it to be the sound of My flute. And She embraces a tamāla tree, mistaking it for Me."

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Cc. Ādi 4.251

Text

paraspara veṇu-gīte haraye cetana
mora bhrame tamālere kare āliṅgana

Synonyms

paraspara—against each other; veṇu-gīte—the singing of the bamboo; haraye—attracts; cetana—consciousness; mora—of Me; bhrame—in mistake; tamālere—a black tree known as tamāla; kare—She does; āliṅgana—embracing.

Translation

“The flutelike murmur of the bamboos rubbing against one another steals Rādhārāṇī's consciousness, for She thinks it to be the sound of My flute. And She embraces a tamāla tree, mistaking it for Me.