Madhya-līlāChapter 23: Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.100

sarvathaiva durūho 'yam

abhaktair bhagavad-rasaḥ

tat pādāmbuja-sarvasvair

bhaktair evānurasyate

SYNONYMS

sarvathāin all respects; eva — certainly; durūhaḥ — difficult to be understood; ayam — this; abhaktaiḥ — by nondevotees; bhagavat-rasaḥ — the exchange of transcendental mellows with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tat — that; pāda-ambuja-sarva-svaiḥ — whose all in all is the lotus feet; bhaktaiḥ — by devotees; eva — certainly; anurasyate — is relished.

TRANSLATION

"'Nondevotees cannot understand the exchange of transcendental mellows between the devotees and the Lord. In all respects, this is very difficult to understand, but one who has dedicated everything to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa can taste the transcendental mellows.'

PURPORT

This verse is also found in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (2.5.131).

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