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Ādi 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
CC Ādi 4.144
darpaṇādye dekhi’ yadi āpana mādhurī
āsvādite haya lobha, āsvādite nāri
Word for word:
darpaṇa
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ādye
— beginning in a mirror;
dekhi’
— seeing;
yadi
— if;
āpana
— own;
mādhurī
— sweetness;
āsvādite
— to taste;
haya
— there is;
lobha
— desire;
āsvādite
— to taste;
nāri
— I am not able.
Translation:
“If I see My sweetness in a mirror, I am tempted to taste it, but nevertheless I cannot.
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