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CC Madhya 21.21

Bengali

বেত্র, বেণু, দল, শৃঙ্গ, বস্ত্র, অলঙ্কার ।
গোপগণের যত, তার নাহি লেখা-পার ॥ ২১ ॥

Text

vetra, veṇu, dala, śṛṅga, vastra, alaṅkāra
gopa-gaṇera yata, tāra nāhi lekhā-pāra

Synonyms

vetra — canes; veṇu — flutes; dala — lotus flowers; śṛṅga — horns; vastra — garments; alaṅkāra — ornaments; gopa-gaṇera yata — as many as are possessed by the cowherd boys; tāra — of them; nāhi — there is not; lekhā-pāra — limitation to writing.

Translation

“All the cowherd boys had unlimited calves. Similarly, their canes, flutes, lotus flowers, horns, garments and ornaments were all unlimited. They cannot be limited by writing about them.