Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 18.16-17

bhakta-premara yata dasa, ye gati prakara

yata duhkha, yata sukha, yateka vikara

krsna taha samyak na pare janite

bhakta-bhava angikare taha asvadite

SYNONYMS

bhakta-premara -- of the ecstatic emotion of the devotee; yata -- all; dasa -- conditions; ye -- which; gati prakara -- mode of progress; yata -- all; duhkha -- unhappiness; yata -- all; sukha -- happiness; yateka -- all; vikara -- transformation; krsna -- Lord Krsna; taha -- that; samyak -- fully; na pare janite -- cannot understand; bhakta-bhava -- the mood of a devotee; angikare -- He accepts; taha -- that; asvadite -- to taste.

TRANSLATION

Krsna Himself cannot fully understand the conditions, the mode of progress, the happiness and unhappiness, and the moods of ecstatic love of His devotees. He therefore accepts the role of a devotee to taste these emotions fully.

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