CC Adi 4.144

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - 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

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".

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