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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.113
অলৌকিক-গন্ধ-স্বাদ, অন্য-বিস্মারণ ।
মহা-মাদক হয় এই কৃষ্ণাধরের গুণ ॥ ১১৩ ॥
alaukika-gandha-svāda, anya-vismāraṇa
mahā-mādaka haya ei kṛṣṇādharera guṇa
“A fragrance and taste that are uncommon and greatly enchanting and that make one forget all other experiences are attributes of Kṛṣṇa’s lips.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Uncommon and greatly enchanting fragrance and taste are attributes of Kṛṣṇa’s lips.
These qualities are so absorbing that they make one forget all other experiences.
In context, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu identifies these qualities in prasādam as coming from the touch of Kṛṣṇa’s lips.
Sweetness amidst longing. Jagannātha’s prasādam awakens intense awareness of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.
The mood of Antya 16 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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate the remnants of food known as vallabha-bhoga, He described the glories of such remnants of the Lord’s food and then fed all the devotees the prasādam. Thus they all tasted adharāmṛta, the nectar from the lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can the qualities of prasādam help turn my attention toward Kṛṣṇa?
Read this verse once slowly today, reflecting on the fragrance and taste described as attributes of Kṛṣṇa’s lips.
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