CC Antya 16.124
Antya-līlā, Chapter 16, Text 124
তোমার বেণু শুষ্কেন্ধন, তার জন্মায় ইন্দ্রিয়-মন, তারে আপনা পিয়ায় নিরন্তর ॥ ১২৪ ॥
tomāra adhara — baḍa vājikara
tomāra veṇu śuṣkendhana, tāra janmāya indriya-mana,
tāre āpanā piyāya nirantara
Word by word
sa-cetana — conscious living beings; rahu dūre — leave aside; acetana — unconscious; sa-cetana — conscious; kare — make; tomāra — Your; adhara — lips; baḍa — very great; vājikara — magicians; tomāra — Your; veṇu — flute; śuṣka-indhana — dry wood; tāra — of that; janmāya — creates; indriya-mana — the senses and mind; tāre — the flute; āpanā — themselves; piyāya — cause to drink; nirantara — constantly.
Translation
“Aside from conscious living beings, even unconscious matter is sometimes made conscious by Your lips. Therefore, Your lips are great magicians. Paradoxically, although Your flute is nothing but dry wood, Your lips constantly make it drink their nectar. They create a mind and senses in the dry wooden flute and give it transcendental bliss.”