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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 264

rasa āsvādite āmi kaila avatāra
prema-rasa āsvādila vividha prakāra

SYNONYMS

rasa—mellows; āsvādite—to taste; āmi—I; kaila—made; avatāra—incarnation; prema-rasa—transcendental mellows of love; āsvādila—I tasted; vividha prakāra—different varieties of.

TRANSLATION

“Formerly I appeared in the world to taste mellows, and I tasted the mellows of pure love in various ways.