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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.146
aparikalita-pūrvah kaś camatkāra-kārī
sphurati mama garīyān esha mādhurya-pūrah
ayam aham api hanta prekshya yam lubdha-cetāh
sarabhasam upabhoktum kāmaye rādhikeva
SYNONYMS
aparikalita — not experienced; pūrvah — previously; kah — who; camatkāra-kārī — causing wonder; sphurati — manifests; mama — My; garīyān — more great; eshah — this; mādhurya-pūrah — abundance of sweetness; ayam — this; aham — I; api — even; hanta — alas; prekshya — seeing; yam — which; lubdha-cetāh — My mind being bewildered; sa-rabhasam — impetuously; upabhoktum — to enjoy; kāmaye — desire; rādhikā iva — like Śrīmatī Rādhārānī.
TRANSLATION
"Who manifests an abundance of sweetness greater than Mine, which has never been experienced before and which causes wonder to all? Alas, I Myself, My mind bewildered upon seeing this beauty, impetuously desire to enjoy it like Śrīmatī Rādhārānī."
PURPORT
This text is from the Lalita-mādhava (8.34) of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. It was spoken by Lord Krishna when He saw the beauty of His own reflection in a jeweled fountain in Dvārakā.
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