CC Antya 16.147

Antya-līlā, Chapter 16, Text 147

এ-ত নারী বহু দূরে, বৃক্ষ সব তার তীরে, তপ করে পর-উপকারী ।
নদীর শেষ-রস পাঞা, মূলদ্বারে আকর্ষিয়া, কেনে পিয়ে, বুঝিতে না পারি ॥ ১৪৭ ॥

e-ta nārī rahu dūre, vṛkṣa saba tāra tīre,
tapa kare para-upakārī
nadīra śeṣa-rasa pāñā,
 mūla-dvāre ākarṣiyā,
kene piye, bujhite nā pāri

Word by word

e-ta nārī — these women; rahu dūre — leaving aside; vṛkṣa — the trees; saba — all; tāra tīre — on their banks; tapa kare — perform austerities; para-upakārī — benefactors of all other living entities; nadīra — of the rivers; śeṣa-rasa — the remnants of the nectarean juice; pāñā — getting; mūla-dvāre — by the roots; ākarṣiyā — drawing; kene — why; piye — drink; bujhite nā pāri — we cannot understand.

Translation

“Aside from the rivers, the trees standing on the banks like great ascetics and engaging in welfare activities for all living entities drink the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lips by drawing water from the river with their roots. We cannot understand why they drink like that.”