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CC Antya 20.154

Text

caritam amṛtam etac chrīla-caitanya-viṣṇoḥ
śubha-dam aśubha-nāśi śraddhayāsvādayed yaḥ
tad-amala-pada-padme bhṛṅgatām etya so ’yaṁ
rasayati rasam uccaiḥ prema-mādhvīka-pūram

Synonyms

caritam — the character and activities; amṛtam — nectarean; etat — this; śrīla — most opulent; caitanya — Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; viṣṇoḥ — of Him who is Lord Viṣṇu Himself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; śubha-dam — giving auspiciousness; aśubha-nāśi — destroying all inauspiciousness; śraddhayā — with faith and love; āsvādayet — should taste; yaḥ — anyone who; tat-amala-pada-padme — at the spotless lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhṛṅgatām etya — becoming like a bumblebee; saḥ — that person; ayam — this; rasayati — tastes; rasam — transcendental mellow; uccaiḥ — a large quantity; prema-mādhvīka — of the wine of ecstatic love; pūram — full.

Translation

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta is filled with the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. It invokes all good fortune and destroys everything inauspicious. If one tastes the nectar of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta with faith and love, I become like a bumblebee tasting the honey of transcendental love from his lotus feet.