Antya-lilaChapter 16: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Sri Krsna

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 16.1

vande sri-krsna-caitanyam

krsna-bhavamrtam hi yah

asvadyasvadayan bhaktan

prema-diksam asiksayat

SYNONYMS

vande -- I offer my respectful obeisances; sri-krsna-caitanyam -- unto Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krsna-bhava-amrtam -- the nectar of ecstatic love of Krsna; hi -- certainly; yah -- He who; asvadya -- tasting; asvadayan -- causing to taste; bhaktan -- the devotees; prema -- in love of Krsna; diksam -- initiation; asiksayat -- instructed.

TRANSLATION

Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who personally tasted the nectar of ecstatic love for Krsna and then instructed His devotees how to taste it. Thus He enlightened them about ecstatic love of Krsna to initiate them into transcendental knowledge.

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