Madhya-līlāChapter 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 2.75

kibā ei sākṣāt kāma, dyuti-bimba mūrtimān,

ki mādhurya svayaḿ mūrtimanta

kibā mano-netrotsava, kibā prāṇa-vallabha,

satya kṛṣṇa āilā netrānanda

SYNONYMS

kibā — whether; ei — this; sākṣāt — directly; kāma — Cupid; dyuti-bimba — reflection of the effulgence; mūrtimān — personified; ki — whether; mādhurya — sweetness; svayam — personally; mūrtimanta — personified; kibā — whether; manaḥ-netra-utsava — festival of the mind and eyes; kibā — whether; prāṇa-vallabha — My life and soul; satya — truly; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; āilā — has come; netra-ānanda — the pleasure of My eyes.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then began to talk like this: "Is Cupid personified present with the effulgence and reflection of the kadamba tree? Is He the same person, personified sweetness, who is the pleasure of My eyes and mind, who is My life and soul? Has Kṛṣṇa actually come before My eyes ?"

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