CC Adi 4.257 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 257

doṅhāra ye sama-rasa, bharata-muni māne

āmāra vrajera rasa seha nāhi jāne

SYNONYMS

doṅhāra—of both; ye—whatever; sama-rasa—equal mellows; bharata-muni—the saintly person named Bharata Muni; māne—accepts; āmāra—My; vrajera—of Vṛndāvana; rasa—mellows; seha—he; nāhi—not; jāne—knows.

TRANSLATION

“The sage Bharata has said that the mellows of lover and beloved are equal. But he does not know the mellows of My Vṛndāvana.

PURPORT

According to expert sexologists like Bharata Muni, the male and the female enjoy equally in material sexual pleasure. But in the spiritual world the relationships are different, although this is unknown to mundane experts.

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