Madhya 2.54

TEXT 54

TEXT

গরুড়ের সন্নিধানে, রহি' করে দরশনে,
সে আনন্দের কি কহিব ব'লে ।
গরুড়-স্তম্ভের তলে, আছে এক নিম্ন খালে,
সে খাল ভরিল অশ্রুজলে ॥ ৫৪ ॥

garuḍera sannidhane, rahi' kare darasane,

se anandera ki kahiba ba'le

garuḍa-stambhera tale, ache eka nimna khale,

se khala bharila asru-jale

SYNONYMS

garuḍera-Garuḍa; sannidhane-near; rahi'-staying; kare-does; darasane-seeing; se anandera-of that bliss; ki-what; kahiba-I shall say; ba'le-on the strength; garuḍa-of the statue of Garuḍa; stambhera-of the column; tale-underneath; ache-there is; eka-one; nimna-low; khale-ditch; se khala-that ditch; bharila-became filled; asru-jale-with the water of tears.

TRANSLATION

Staying near the Garuḍa-stambha, the Lord would look upon Lord Jagannatha. What can be said about the strength of that love? On the ground beneath the column of the Garuḍa-stambha was a deep ditch, and that ditch was filled with the water of His tears.

PURPORT

In front of the temple of Jagannatha is a column on which the statue of Garuḍa is situated. It is called the Garuḍa-stambha. Behind that column is a ditch, and that ditch was filled with the tears of the Lord.

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