CC Antya 18.19

Antya-līlā, Chapter 18, Text 19

প্রেমার বিকার বর্ণিতে চাহে যেই জন ।
চান্দ ধরিতে চাহে, যেন হঞা ‘বামন’ ॥ ১৯ ॥

premāra vikāra varṇite cāhe yei jana
cānda dharite cāhe, yena hañā ‘vāmana’

Word by word

premāra — of ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa; vikāra — transformations; varṇite — to describe; cāhe — wants; yei jana — which person; cānda dharite — to catch the moon; cāhe — he wants; yena — as if; hañā — being; vāmana — a dwarf.

Translation

One who wants to describe the transformations of ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa is like a dwarf trying to catch the moon in the sky.