CC Antya 16.1

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter 16: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

CC Antya 16.2

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 1

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.