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- Read on →: sañcārya rāmābhidha-bhakta-meghe
sañcārya rāmābhidha-bhakta-meghe
sva-bhakti-siddhānta-cayāmṛtāni |
gaurābdhir etair amunā vitīrṇais
taj-jñatva-ratnālayatāṁ prayāti ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.8.1)“The ocean Gaura filled the bhakta cloud named Rāma with the waters [lit., nectars] of the siddhānta regarding his own bhakti [alt., bhakti to himself] and then with these [waters] poured forth by him became an abode of the jewel of knowledge of them.”
- Read on →: caitanya-līlā-amṛta-pūra
caitanya-līlā-amṛta-pūra, kṛṣṇa-līlā-sukarpūra,
do̐he meli haya sumādhurya |
sādhu-guru-prasāde, tāhā yei āsvāde,
se-i jāne mādhurya-prācurya ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.25.270)“Caitanya-līlā is [like] an abundance of condensed milk [lit., nectar], and Kṛṣṇa-līlā is [like] fine camphor. By combining, the two become extremely sweet. One who tastes this [combination] by the grace of the sādhus and guru knows its abundance of sweetness.”
- Read on →: kṛṣṇa-līlāmṛta-sāra
kṛṣṇa-līlāmṛta-sāra, tāra śata śata dhāra,
daśa-dike vahe yāhā haite |
se caitanya-līlā haya, sarovara akṣaya,
mano-haṁsa carāha tāhāte ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.25.264)“Kṛṣṇa-līlā is the essence of nectar, and Caitanya-līlā is the inexhaustible reservoir from which hundreds of streams of it flow in the ten directions. May the swan of your heart play there.”
- Read on →: ko’yaṁ paṭṭa-dhaṭī-virājita-kaṭī-deśaḥ kare kaṅkaṇaṁ
ko’yaṁ paṭṭa-dhaṭī-virājita-kaṭī-deśaḥ kare kaṅkaṇaṁ
hāraṁ vakṣasi kuṇḍalaṁ śravaṇayor bibhrat pade nūpurau |
ūrdhvīkṛtya nibaddha-kuntala-bhara-protphulla-mallī-sragā-
pīḍaḥ krīḍati gaura-nāgara-varo nṛtyan nijair nāmabhiḥ ||
(Caitanya-candrāmṛta: 132)“Wearing a silk sash around his waist, bracelets on his wrists, a necklace across his chest, earrings on his ears, bells on his ankles, and a garland-crown of blooming jasmine flowers atop his top-knotted wavy hair—who is that golden king of revelers who frolics, dancing to [the chanting of] his own names?”
- Read on →: śrī-rādhāyāḥ praṇaya-mahimā kīdṛśo vānayaivā
śrī-rādhāyāḥ praṇaya-mahimā kīdṛśo vānayaivā-
svādyo yenādbhuta-madhurimā kīdṛśo vā madīyaḥ |
saukhyañ cāsyā mad-anubhavataḥ kīdṛśaṁ veti lobhāt
tad-bhāvāḍhyaḥ samajani śacī-garbha-sindhau harīnduḥ ||
(Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.6)“The greatness of Śrī Rādhā’s uninhibited love
Is of what nature?
The astonishing sweetness of mine
Relishable by means of that [love] only by her
Is of what nature?
And her happiness as a result of [such] experience of me
Is of what nature?”
Out of intense desire [to resolve these mysteries],
The Moon Hari
Endowed with her bhāva,
Arose from the ocean of Śacī’s womb.”