CC Antya 1.39

Antya-līlā, Chapter 1, Text 39

অনুপমের লাগি’ তাঁর কিছু বিলম্ব হইল ।
ভক্তগণ-পাশ আইলা, লাগ্ না পাইল ॥ ৩৯ ॥

anupamera lāgi’ tāṅra kichu vilamba ha-ila
bhakta-gaṇa-pāśa āilā, lāg nā pāila

Word by word

anupamera lāgi’ — on account of the passing away of Anupama; tāṅra — of Rūpa Gosvāmī; kichu — some; vilamba — delay; ha-ila — there was; bhakta-gaṇa-pāśa — to the devotees in Bengal; āilā — came; lāg nā pāila — he could not contact them.

Translation

There was some delay because of the death of Anupama, and therefore when Rūpa Gosvāmī went to Bengal to see the devotees there, he could not get in touch with them because they had already left.