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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.182
যৈছে দধি, সিতা, ঘৃত, মরীচ, কর্পূর ।
মিলনে ‘রসালা’ হয় অমৃত মধুর ॥ ১৮২ ॥
yaiche dadhi, sitā, ghṛta, marīca, karpūra
milane, ‘rasālā’ haya amṛta madhura
“These tastes are like a combination of yogurt, sugar candy, ghee [clarified butter], black pepper and camphor and are as palatable as sweet nectar.
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These tastes are compared to a combination of ingredients.
The ingredients named are yogurt, sugar candy, ghee, black pepper and camphor.
Their combined taste is described as being as palatable as sweet nectar.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu introduced Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vallabha Bhaṭṭa. After this, a brāhmaṇa scholar named Raghupati Upādhyāya arrived and discussed Kṛṣṇa consciousness with the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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