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vayu yaiche sindhu-jalera hare eka ’kana’

krsna-prema-kana taiche jivera sparsana

SYNONYMS

vayu—the wind; yaiche—as; sindhu-jalera—of the water of the ocean; hare—takes away; eka kana—one particle; krsna-prema-kana—one particle of love of Krsna; taiche—similarly; jivera sparsana—a living entity can touch.

As the wind can carry away but a drop of the water in the ocean, a living entity can touch only a particle of the ocean of love of Krsna.