CC Antya 20.67-68
Bengali
যেই যেই শ্লোক জয়দেব, ভাগবতে ।
রায়ের নাটকে, যেই আর কর্ণামৃতে ॥ ৬৭ ॥
রায়ের নাটকে, যেই আর কর্ণামৃতে ॥ ৬৭ ॥
সেই সেই ভাবে শ্লোক করিয়া পঠনে ।
সেই সেই ভাবাবেশে করেন আস্বাদনে ॥ ৬৮ ॥
সেই সেই ভাবাবেশে করেন আস্বাদনে ॥ ৬৮ ॥
Verse text
yei yei śloka jayadeva, bhāgavate
rāyera nāṭake, yei āra karṇāmṛte
rāyera nāṭake, yei āra karṇāmṛte
sei sei bhāve śloka kariyā paṭhane
sei sei bhāvāveśe karena āsvādane
sei sei bhāvāveśe karena āsvādane
Synonyms
yei yei — whatever; śloka — verses; jayadeva — Jayadeva Gosvāmī; bhāgavate — in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; rāyera nāṭake — in the drama composed by Rāmānanda Rāya; yei — whatever; āra — also; karṇāmṛte — in the book named Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta, written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura; sei sei bhāve — in those ecstatic emotions; śloka — verses; kariyā paṭhane — reading regularly; sei sei — in that particular; bhāva-āveśe — ecstatic love; karena āsvādane — He tastes.
Translation
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read the verses of Jayadeva’s Gīta-govinda, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, of Rāmānanda Rāya’s drama Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka, and of Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta, He was overwhelmed by the various ecstatic emotions of those verses. Thus He tasted their purports.