Antya 16.1

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বন্দে শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্যং কৃষ্ণভাবামৃতং হি যঃ ।
আস্বাদ্যাস্বাদয়ন্ ভক্তান্ প্রেমদীক্ষামশিক্ষয়ৎ ॥ ১ ॥

vande sri-krsna-caitanyam

krsna-bhavamrtam hi yaḥ

asvadyasvadayan bhaktan

prema-diksam asiksayat

SYNONYMS

vande-I offer my respectful obeisances; sri-krsna-caitanyam-unto Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krsna-bhava-amrtam-the nectar of ecstatic love of Krsna; hi-certainly; yaḥ-He who; asvadya-tasting; asvadayan-causing to taste; bhaktan-the devotees; prema-in love of Krsna; diksam-initiation; asiksayat-instructed.

TRANSLATION

Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who personally tasted the nectar of ecstatic love for Krsna and then instructed His devotees how to taste it. Thus He enlightened them about ecstatic love of Krsna to initiate them into transcendental knowledge.

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