Antya-līlā

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

Verse 108–109 of 149
Cc Antya 16.108-109

প্রভু কহে,—"এই সব হয ঽপ্রাকৃতঽ দ্রব্য ঐক্ষব, কর্পূর, মরিচ, এলাইচ, লবংগ, গব্য রসবাস, গুডত্বকআদি যত সব ঽপ্রাকৃতঽ বস্তুর স্বাদ সবার অনুভব

प्रभु कहे,—"एइ सब हय ऽप्राकृतऽ द्रव्य ऐक्षव, कर्पूर, मरिच, एलाइच, लवंग, गव्य रसवास, गुडत्वकआदि यत सब ऽप्राकृतऽ वस्तुर स्वाद सबार अनुभव

prabhu kahe,—"ei saba haya 'prākṛta' dravya aikṣava, karpūra, marica, elāica, lavaṅga, gavya rasavāsa, guḍatvaka-ādi yata saba 'prākṛta' vastura svāda sabāra anubhava

Synonyms

prabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said; eithese; sabaall; hayaare; prākṛtamaterial; dravyaingredients; aikṣavasugar; karpūracamphor; maricablack pepper; elāicacardamom; lavaṅgacloves; gavyabutter; rasavāsaspices; guḍatvakalicorice; ādiand so on; yata sabaeach and every one of them; prākṛtamaterial; vasturaof ingredients; svādataste; sabāraeveryone's; anubhavaexperience..

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, "These ingredients, such as sugar, camphor, black pepper, cardamom, cloves, butter, spices and licorice, are all material. Everyone has tasted these material substances before.

Purport

The word prākṛta refers to things tasted for the sense gratification of the conditioned soul. Such things are limited by the material laws. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to make the point that material things have already been experienced by materially absorbed persons who are interested only in sense gratification.

Verse 108–109 of 149
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