CC Adi 4.144 (1975)

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

Ādi-līlā 4.143 - Ādi-līlā 4.145

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 144

darpaṇādye dekhi’ yadi āpana mādhurī

āsvādite haya lobha, āsvādite nāri

SYNONYMS

darpaṇa-ādye—beginning in a mirror; dekhi’—seeing; yadi—if; āpana—own; mādhurī—sweetness; āsvādite—to taste; haya—there is; lobha—desire; āsvādite—to taste; nāri—I am not able.

TRANSLATION

“If I see My sweetness in a mirror, I am tempted to taste it, but nevertheless I cannot.

Ādi-līlā 4.143 - Ādi-līlā 4.145