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  "name":"Cc. Antya 17.42",
  "h1":"Cc. Antya 17.42",
  "label":"Text 42",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 17.42",
  "description":"\"My dear friend, please tell me what to do. My ears have been plundered by the qualities of Kṛṣṇa's sound. Now, however, I cannot hear His transcendental sound, and I am almost dead for want of it."

} —

Cc. Antya 17.42

Text

kaha, sakhi, ki kari upāya?
kṛṣṇera se śabda-guṇe, harile āmāra kāṇe,
ebe nā pāya, tṛṣṇāya mari' yāya

Synonyms

kaha—please say; sakhi—My dear friend; ki—what; kari—can I do; upāya—means; kṛṣṇera—of Kṛṣṇa; se—that; śabda—of the sound; guṇe—the qualities; harile—having attracted; āmāra—My; kāṇe—ears; ebe—now; nā pāya—do not get; tṛṣṇāya—from thirst; mari' yāya—I am dying.

Translation

“My dear friend, please tell me what to do. My ears have been plundered by the qualities of Kṛṣṇa's sound. Now, however, I cannot hear His transcendental sound, and I am almost dead for want of it.