CC Antya 1.180 (1996)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Antya-līlā - Chapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's Second Meeting With the Lord

Antya-līlā 1.179 - Antya-līlā 1.181

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 180

rāya kahe,—“rūpera kāvya amṛtera pūra

tāra madhye eka bindu diyāche karpūra“

SYNONYMS

rāya kahe — Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya says; rūpera kāvya — the poetic expression of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; amṛtera pūra — filled with all nectar; tāra madhye — within that; eka bindu — one drop; diyāche — he has given; karpūra — camphor.

TRANSLATION

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya objected, "It is not alkali at all. It is a particle of camphor he has put into the nectar of his exalted poetic expression."

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