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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.275
apāram kasyāpi pranayi-jana-vrindasya kutukī
rasa-stomam hritvā madhuram upabhoktum kam api yah
rucam svām āvavre dyutim iha tadīyām prakatayan
sa devaś caitanyākritir atitarām nah kripayatu
SYNONYMS
apāram — boundless; kasya api — of someone; pranayi-jana-vrindasya — of the multitude of lovers; kutukī — one who is curious; rasa-stomam — the group of mellows; hritvā — stealing; madhuram — sweet; upabhoktum — to enjoy; kam api — some; yah — who; rucam — luster; svām — own; āvavre — covered; dyutim — luster; iha — here; tadīyām — related to Him; prakatayan — manifesting; sah — He; devah — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; caitanya-ākritih — having the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; atitarām — greatly; nah — unto us; kripayatu — may He show His mercy.
TRANSLATION
"Lord Krishna desired to taste the limitless nectarean mellows of the love possessed by one of His multitude of loving damsels [Śrī Rādhā], and so He has assumed the form of Lord Caitanya. He has tasted that love while hiding His own dark complexion with Her effulgent yellow color. May that Lord Caitanya confer upon us His grace."
PURPORT
This is the third verse of the second Caitanyāshtaka of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's Stava-mālā.
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