CC Antya 16.144
Bengali
হেন কৃষ্ণাধর-সুধা, যে কৈল অমৃত মুধা, যার আশায় গোপী ধরে প্রাণ ।
এই বেণু অযোগ্য অতি, স্থাবর ‘পুরুষজাতি’, সেই সুধা সদা করে পান ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
এই বেণু অযোগ্য অতি, স্থাবর ‘পুরুষজাতি’, সেই সুধা সদা করে পান ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
Verse text
hena kṛṣṇādhara-sudhā, ye kaila amṛta mudhā,
yāra āśāya gopī dhare prāṇa
ei veṇu ayogya ati, sthāvara ‘puruṣa-jāti’,
sei sudhā sadā kare pāna
yāra āśāya gopī dhare prāṇa
ei veṇu ayogya ati, sthāvara ‘puruṣa-jāti’,
sei sudhā sadā kare pāna
Synonyms
hena — such; kṛṣṇa-adhara — of Kṛṣṇa’s lips; sudhā — nectar; ye — which; kaila — made; amṛta — nectar; mudhā — surpassed; yāra āśāya — by hoping for which; gopī — the gopīs; dhare prāṇa — continue to live; ei veṇu — this flute; ayogya — unfit; ati — completely; sthāvara — dead; puruṣa-jāti — belonging to the male class; sei sudhā — that nectar; sadā — always; kare pāna — drinks.
Translation
“ ‘This flute is utterly unfit because it is merely a dead bamboo stick. Moreover, it belongs to the male sex. Yet this flute is always drinking the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lips, which surpasses nectarean sweetness of every description. Only by hoping for that nectar do the gopīs continue to live.