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| Antya-līlā | Chapter 16: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 16.1
vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaḿ
kṛṣṇa-bhāvāmṛtaḿ hi yaḥ
āsvādyāsvādayan bhaktān
prema-dīkṣām aśikṣayat
SYNONYMS
vande — I offer my respectful obeisances; śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyam — unto Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kṛṣṇa-bhāva-amṛtam — the nectar of ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa; hi — certainly; yaḥ — He who; āsvādya — tasting; āsvādayan — causing to taste; bhaktān — the devotees; prema — in love of Kṛṣṇa; dīkṣām — initiation; aśikṣayat — instructed.
TRANSLATION
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who personally tasted the nectar of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa and then instructed His devotees how to taste it. Thus He enlightened them about ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa to initiate them into transcendental knowledge.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness