Cc. Antya 17.45

Text

se amṛtera eka-kaṇa, karṇa-cakora-jīvana,
karṇa-cakora jīye sei āśe
bhāgya-vaśe kabhu pāya, abhāgye kabhu nā pāya,
nā pāile maraye piyāse

Synonyms

seplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigse

that; He; Him; Lord Kṛṣṇa; Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; only; she; such a person; that; that Lord Kṛṣṇa; that person; the; these; they; this; those; we.
amṛteraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigamṛtera

of nectar.
—of that nectar; ekaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigeka

alone; another; even; exclusively; first; for one; foremost; is one; of only one; of the oneness; one; one by one; one item; one only; one pot; only; only one; or one; the only one; uniquely; with one.
-kaṇaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkana

a fragment; a particle; broken rice; drop; fragment; fragmental portion; particle; particles; small particle.
—one particle; karṇaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkarṇa

and to the ears; ear; ears; Karṇa; of the ear; on the ears; the ear; the ears; through the ears; to the ear.
-cakoraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigcakora

the cakora bird.
—of the ear, which is like a cakora bird; jīvanaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigjīvana

his life; life; of the life; the duration of life; the life.
—the life; karṇaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkarṇa

and to the ears; ear; ears; Karṇa; of the ear; on the ears; the ear; the ears; through the ears; to the ear.
—the ear; cakoraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigcakora

the cakora bird.
—the cakora bird; jīyeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigjiye

I live; sustains life.
—lives; seiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsei

he; that; all of them; anyone; by that; hat; he; he is; in that; Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī; such; such a person; that mahā-pātra; that; that boy; that is; that King; that Kṛṣṇadāsa; that man; that officer; that person; that personality; that saintly person; that truth; that Vaiṣṇava; that Vijulī Khān; that woman; that Śrīkānta; the disciple of Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī; the governor; these; they; this; those; those very; to those; unto the.
āśeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigase

came; come; come forward; is coming.
—with that hope; bhāgyaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigbhāgya

fortune; great fortune; the fortune.
-vaśeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigvase

I put on.
—by good fortune; kabhuplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkabhu

any; any time; at any time; at anytime; ever; some time; sometime; sometimes.
—sometimes; pāyaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigpaya

get.
—gets; abhāgyeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigabhāgye

by misfortune.
—by misfortune; kabhuplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkabhu

any; any time; at any time; at anytime; ever; some time; sometime; sometimes.
—sometimes; plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigna

never; not; are not; but not; cannot; certainly not; could not; did not; do not; does it not; does not; is not; it is not; it is not so; may not; neither; never; never does; never to be; no; no one; none; nor; not; not like that; not preceded by oṁ; not suitable; nothing; or not; shall not; should never; there is none; there is not; there should not be; was not; whether; without.
pāyaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigpaya

get.
—does not get; plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigna

never; not; are not; but not; cannot; certainly not; could not; did not; do not; does it not; does not; is not; it is not; it is not so; may not; neither; never; never does; never to be; no; no one; none; nor; not; not like that; not preceded by oṁ; not suitable; nothing; or not; shall not; should never; there is none; there is not; there should not be; was not; whether; without.
pāileplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigpāile

after achieving; if getting; if gotten; if I get; if obtaining; if you take; when one gets; You have gotten.
—if does not get; marayeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigmaraye

dies.
—dies; piyāseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigpiyāse

from thirst.
—from thirst. 

Translation

“One particle of that transcendental, blissful nectar is the life and soul of the ear, which is like a cakora bird that lives in hope of tasting that nectar. Sometimes, by good fortune, the bird can taste it, but at other times he unfortunately cannot and therefore almost dies of thirst.