CC Adi 4.263 (1975)

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

Ādi-līlā 4.262 - Ādi-līlā 4.264

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 263

nānā yatna kari āmi, nāri āsvādite

sei sukha-mādhurya-ghrāṇe lobha bāḍhe citte

SYNONYMS

nānā—various; yatna—attempts; kari—do; āmi—I; nāri—I am not able; āsvādite—to taste; sei—that; sukha—of the happiness; mādhurya—the sweetness; ghrāṇe—by smelling; lobha—desire; bāḍhe—increases; citte—in the mind.

TRANSLATION

“In spite of various efforts, I have not been able to taste it. But My desire to relish that pleasure increases as I smell its sweetness.

Ādi-līlā 4.262 - Ādi-līlā 4.264