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  "name":"Cc. Antya 16.124",
  "h1":"Cc. Antya 16.124",
  "label":"Text 124",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 16.124",
  "description":"\"Aside from conscious living beings, even unconscious matter is sometimes made conscious by Your lips. Therefore, Your lips are great magicians. Paradoxically, although Your flute is nothing but dry wood, Your lips make it drink their nectar. They create a mind and senses in the dry wooden flute and give it transcendental bliss."

} —

Cc. Antya 16.124

Text

sacetana rahu dūre, acetana sacetana kare,
tomāra adhara—baḍa vājikara
tomāra veṇu śuṣkendhana, tāra janmāya indriya-mana,
tāre āpanā piyāya nirantara

Synonyms

sa-cetana—conscious living beings; rahu dūre—leave aside; acetana—unconscious; sa-cetana—conscious; kare—make; tomāra—Your; adhara—lips; baḍa—very great; vājikara—magicians; tomāra—Your; veṇu—flute; śuṣka-in-dhana—dry wood; tāra—of that; janmāya—creates; indriya-mana—the senses and mind; tāre—the flute; āpanā—themselves; piyāya—cause to drink; nirantara—constantly.

Translation

“Aside from conscious living beings, even unconscious matter is sometimes made conscious by Your lips. Therefore, Your lips are great magicians. Paradoxically, although Your flute is nothing but dry wood, Your lips make it drink their nectar. They create a mind and senses in the dry wooden flute and give it transcendental bliss.