Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .2.97
yathā nārasiṁhe –
[yathaa naarasimhe –]
cakāra meghe tad-varṇe bahu-māna-ratiṁ nṛpaḥ |
[chakaara meghe tad-varne bahu-maana-ratim nripah |]
pakṣapātena tan-nāmni mṛge padme ca tad-dṛśi ||97||
[pakshapaatena tan-naamni mrige padme cha tad-drishi ||97||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yathā nārasiṁhe –
cakāra meghe tad-varṇe bahu-māna-ratiṁ nṛpaḥ |
pakṣapātena tan-nāmni mṛge padme ca tad-dṛśi ||97||
An example of longing before meeting, from Narasiṁha Purāṇa: King Ikṣvāku, because of his extreme attachment to the Lord, developed great rati for the black cloud because of its color, the kṛṣna-sāra deer because of its name, and the lotus which resembled Kṛṣṇa’s eyes.
Purport
In the Nṛsiṁha Purāṇa there is a statement about King Ikṣvāku which illustrates this state of ecstatic love. Because of his great affection for Kṛṣṇa, King Ikṣvāku became greatly attached to the black cloud, the black deer, the deer’s black eyes and the lotus flower, which is always compared to the eyes of the Lord.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary
The king is Ikṣvāku. By great attachment to the Lord (pakṣapātena) he became attracted to the kṛṣṇa-sāra deer, merely because of its name, and to the lotus because it resembled the eyes of the Lord.
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Source: vedabase.io