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paraspara venu-gite haraye cetana

mora bhrame tamalere kare alingana

SYNONYMS

paraspara—against each other; venu-gite—the singing of the bamboo; haraye—attracts; cetana—consciousness; mora—of Me; bhrame—in mistake; tamalere—a black tree known as tamala; kare—She does; alingana—embracing "The flutelike murmur of the bamboos rubbing against one another steals Radharani’s consciousness, for She thinks it to be the sound of My flute.

And She embraces a tamala tree, mistaking it for Me.