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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.182

aparikalita-pūrvah kaś camatkāra-kārī

sphuratu 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; sphuratu — manifests; mama — My; garīyānmore great; eshah — this; mādhurya-pūrah — abundance of sweetness; ayam — this; ahamI; api — even; hanta — alas; prekshya — seeing; yam — which; lubdha-cetāh — My mind being bewildered; sarabhasam — impetuously; upabhoktumto 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 verse spoken by Vāsudeva in Dvārakā is also recorded by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Lalita-mādhava (8.34).

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