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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
SYNONYMS
mat-mādhurya —My sweetness;  rādhāra —of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī;  prema —the love;  doṅhe —both together;  hoḍa kari —challenging;  kṣaṇe kṣaṇe —every second;  bāḍe —increase;  doṅhe —both;  keha nāhi —no one;  hāri —defeated.
TRANSLATION
“There is constant competition between My sweetness and the mirror of Rādhā’s love. They both go on increasing, but neither knows defeat.
TEXT 143
আমার মাধুর্য নিত্য নব নব হয় ।
অ-স্ব-প্রেম-অনুরূপ ভক্তে আস্বাদয় ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
āmāra mādhurya nitya nava nava haya sva-sva-prema-anurūpa bhakte āsvādaya
SYNONYMS
āmāra —of Me;  mādhurya —the sweetness;  nitya —laways;  nava nava —newer and newer;  haya —is;  sva-sva-prema-anurūpa —according to one’s own love;  bhakte —the devotee;  āsvādaya —tastes.
TRANSLATION
“My sweetness is always newer and newer. Devotees taste it according to their own respective love.
TEXT 144
দর্পণাত্ম দেখি’ যদি আপন মাধুরী ।
আস্বাদিতে হয় লোভ, আস্বাদিতে নারি ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
darpaṇādye dekhi’ yadi āpana mādhurī āsvādite haya lobha, āsvādite nāri
SYNONYMS
darpaṇa-ādye —beginning in a mirror;  dekhi —seeing;  yadi —if;  āpana —own;  mādhurī —sweetness;  āsvādite —to taste;  haya —there is;  lobha —desire;  āsvādite —to taste;  nāri —I am not able.
TRANSLATION
“If I see My sweetness in a mirror, I am tempted to taste it, but nevertheless I cannot.