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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.107
অন্যের আছুক্ কার্য, আপনে শ্রীকৃষ্ণ ।
আপন–মাধুর্য–পানে হইয়া সতৃষ্ণ ॥ ১০৭ ॥
anyera āchuk kārya, āpane śrī-kṛṣṇa
āpana-mādhurya-pāne ha-ilā satṛṣṇa
What to speak of others, even Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself becomes thirsty to taste His own sweetness.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself desires to taste His own sweetness.
The translation describes this desire as becoming thirsty.
His sweetness attracts not only others but even Kṛṣṇa Himself.
Devotional appeal. The glory of Advaita frames service as the deepest form of greatness.
The mood of Ādi 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
That Advaita, the superintendent of the cosmic manifestation, has descended in the form of Advaita Ācārya to associate with Lord Caitanya. When He is addressed as the servitor of Lord Caitanya, His glories are magnified because unless one is invigorated by this mentality of servitorship one cannot understand the mellows derived from devotional service to the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
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What strikes me about Kṛṣṇa Himself thirsting to taste His sweetness?
Spend one quiet minute reflecting on Kṛṣṇa’s desire to taste His own sweetness.
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