Madhya-līlāChapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 20.182

aparikalita-pūrvaḥ kaś camatkāra-kārī

sphuratu mama garīyān eṣa mādhurya-pūraḥ

ayam aham api hanta prekṣya yaḿ lubdha-cetāḥ

sarabhasam upabhoktuḿ kāmaye rādhikeva

SYNONYMS

aparikalita — not experienced; pūrvaḥ — previously; kaḥ — who; camatkāra-kārī — causing wonder; sphuratu — manifests; mama — My; garīyānmore great; eṣaḥ — this; mādhurya-pūraḥ — abundance of sweetness; ayam — this; ahamI; api — even; hanta — alas; prekṣya — seeing; yam — which; lubdha-cetāḥ — My mind being bewildered; sarabhasam — impetuously; upabhoktumto enjoy; kāmaye — desire; rādhikā iva — like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

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 Rādhārāṇī.'

PURPORT

This verse spoken by Vāsudeva in Dvārakā is also recorded by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Lalita-mādhava (8.34).

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