kÄma-gÄyatrÄ«-mantra-rÅ«pa, haya kṛṣṇera svarÅ«pa,
sÄrdha-cabbiÅ›a aká¹£ara tÄra haya
se akṣara 'candra' haya, kṛṣṇe kari' udaya,
trijagat kailÄ kÄmamaya

 kÄma-gÄyatrÄ«-mantra-rÅ«pa - the hymn known as KÄma-gÄyatrÄ«; haya - is; kṛṣṇera svarÅ«pa - identical with Kṛṣṇa; sÄrdha-cabbiÅ›a - twenty-four and a half; aká¹£ara - syllables; tÄra - of that; haya - are; se aká¹£ara - these syllables; candra haya - are like the moon; kṛṣṇe - Lord Kṛṣṇa; kari' udaya - awakening; tri-jagat - the three worlds; kailÄ - made; kÄma-maya - full of desire.


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“Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is identical with the Vedic hymn known as the KÄma-gÄyatrÄ«, which is composed of twenty-four and a half syllables. Those syllables are compared to moons that arise in Kṛṣṇa. Thus all three worlds are filled with desire.

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