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Chapter 16: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

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Cc Antya 16.1

বন্দে শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্যং কৃষ্ণভাবামৃতং হি যঃ আস্বাদ্যাস্বাদযন্ভক্তান্প্রেমদীক্ষামশিক্ষযত্

वन्दे श्रीकृष्णचैतन्यं कृष्णभावामृतं हि यः आस्वाद्यास्वादयन्भक्तान्प्रेमदीक्षामशिक्षयत्

vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaṁ kṛṣṇa-bhāvāmṛtaṁ 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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