jala pÄna kariyÄ nÄce haÃ±Ä vihvala
yamunÄkará¹£aṇa-lÄ«lÄ dekhaye sakala
jala - water; pÄna kariyÄ - after drinking; nÄce - dances; haÃ±Ä - becoming; vihvala - ecstatic; yamunÄ-Äkará¹£aṇa - attracting the river YamunÄ; lÄ«lÄ - pastimes; dekhaye - sees; sakala - everyone.
After drinking the water, Lord Caitanya became so ecstatic that He began to dance. Thus everyone saw the pastime of attracting the river YamunÄ.
YamunÄkará¹£aṇa-lÄ«lÄ is the pastime of attracting the YamunÄ. One day, ÅšrÄ« Baladeva wanted the YamunÄ River to come before Him, and when the river YamunÄ refused, He took His plow, wanting to dig a canal so that the YamunÄ would be obliged to come there. Since ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu is the original form of Baladeva, in His ecstasy He asked everyone to bring honey. In this way, all the devotees standing there saw the yamunÄkará¹£aṇa-lÄ«lÄ. In this lÄ«lÄ, Baladeva was accompanied by His girlfriends. After drinking a honey beverage called VÄruṇī, He wanted to jump into the YamunÄ and swim with the girls. It is stated in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (10.65.25-30, 33) that Lord Baladeva asked the YamunÄ to come near, and when the river disobeyed the order of the Lord, He became angry and thus wanted to snatch her near to Him with His plow. The YamunÄ, however, very much afraid of Lord BalarÄma’s anger, immediately came and surrendered unto Him, praying to the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and admitting her fault. She was then excused. This is the sum and substance of the yamunÄkará¹£aṇa-lÄ«lÄ. The incident is also described in the prayer of Jayadeva GosvÄmÄ« concerning the ten incarnations:
vahasi vapuá¹£i viÅ›ade vasanaá¹ jaladÄbhaá¹
halahati-bhÄ«ti-milita-yamunÄbham
keśava dhṛta-haladhara-rūpa jaya jagad-īśa hare
