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The Nectar of Instruction
kintv ādarād anudinam khalu saiva juṣṭā svādvī kramād bhavati tad-gada-mūla-hantrī
syāt—is; kṛṣṇa—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; nāma—the holy name; carita-ādi—character, pastimes and so forth; sitā—sugar candy; api—although; avidyā—of ignorance; pitta—by the bile; upatapta—afflicted; rasanasya—of the tongue; na—not; rocikā—palatable; nu—oh, how wonderful it is; kintu—but; ādarāt—carefully; anudinam—every day, or twenty-four hours daily; khalu—naturally; sā—that (sugar candy of the holy name); eva—certainly; juṣṭā—taken or chanted; svādvī—relishable; kramāt—gradually; bhavati—becomes; tat-gada—of that disease; mūla—of the root; hantrī—the destroyer.
TRANSLATION
The holy name, character, pastimes and activities of Kṛṣṇa are all transcendentally sweet like sugar candy. Although the tongue of one afflicted by the jaundice of avidyā [ignorance] cannot taste anything sweet, it is wonderful that simply by carefully chanting these sweet names every day, a natural relish awakens within his tongue, and his disease is gradually destroyed at the root.
PURPORT
The holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, His quality, pastimes and so forth are all of the nature of absolute truth, beauty and