garuá¸era sannidhÄne, rahi' kare daraÅ›ane,
se Änandera ki kahiba ba'le
garuá¸a-stambhera tale, Äche eka nimna khÄle,
se khÄla bharila aÅ›ru-jale
garuá¸era - Garuá¸a; sannidhÄne - near; rahi' - staying; kare - does; daraÅ›ane - seeing; se Änandera - of that bliss; ki - what; kahiba - I shall say; ba'le - on the strength; garuá¸a - of the statue of Garuá¸a; stambhera - of the column; tale - underneath; Äche - there is; eka - one; nimna - low; khÄle - ditch; se khÄla - that ditch; bharila - became filled; aÅ›ru-jale - with the water of tears.
Staying near the Garuá¸a-stambha, the Lord would look upon Lord JagannÄtha. What can be said about the strength of that love? On the ground beneath the column of the Garuá¸a-stambha was a deep ditch, and that ditch was filled with the water of His tears.
In front of the temple of JagannÄtha is a column on which the statue of Garuá¸a is situated. It is called the Garuá¸a-stambha. At the base of that column is a ditch, and that ditch was filled with the tears of the Lord.
