Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 7.20-21

sei pañca-tattva mili' prithivī āsiyā

pūrva-premabhāndārera mudrā ughādiyā

pāńce mili' lute prema, kare āsvādana

yata yata piye, trishnā bādhe anukshana

SYNONYMS

sei — those; pañca-tattva — five truths; mili' — combined together; prithivī — on this earth; āsiyā — descending; pūrva — original; prema-bhāndārera — the store of transcendental love; mudrā — seal; ughādiyā — opening; pāńce mili' — mixing together all these five; lute — plunder; prema — love of Godhead; kare āsvādana — taste; yata yata — as much as; piye — drink; trishnā — thirst; bādhe — increases; anukshana — again and again.

TRANSLATION

The characteristics of Krishna are understood to be a storehouse of transcendental love. Although that storehouse of love certainly came with Krishna when He was present, it was sealed. But when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came with His associates of the Pañca-tattva, they broke the seal and plundered the storehouse to taste transcendental love of Krishna. The more they tasted it, the more their thirst for it grew.

PURPORT

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is called mahā-vadānyāvatāra because although He is Śrī Krishna Himself, He is even more favorably disposed to the poor fallen souls than Lord Śrī Krishna. When Lord Śrī Krishna Himself was personally present, He demanded that everyone surrender unto Him and promised that He would then give one all protection, but when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to this earth with His associates, He simply distributed transcendental love of God without discrimination. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, therefore, could understand that Lord Caitanya was none other than Śrī Krishna Himself, for no one but the Supreme Personality of Godhead can distribute confidential love of the Supreme Person.

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