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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TEXT 103
কৃষ্ণসাম্যে নহে তাঁর মাধুর্যাস্বাদন ।
ভক্তভাবে করে তাঁর মাধুর্য চর্বণ ॥ ১০৩ ॥
kṛṣṇa-sāmye nahe tāṅra mādhuryāsvādana bhakta-bhāve kare tāṅra mādhurya carvaṇa
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa-sāmye —on an equal level with Kṛṣṇa;  nahe —not;  tāṅra —His;  mādhurya-āsvādana —relishing the sweetness;  bhakta-bhāve —as a devotee;  kare —does;  tāṅra —His;  mādhurya carvaṇa —chewing of the sweetness...
TRANSLATION
The sweetness of Lord Kṛṣṇa is not to be tasted by those who consider themselves equal to Kṛṣṇa. It is to be tasted only through the sentiment of servitude.
TEXT 104
শাস্ত্রের সিদ্ধান্ত এই,—বিজ্ঞের অমুন্তব ।
মুচ্লোক নাহি জানে ভাবের বৈভব ॥ ১০৪ ॥
śāstrera siddhānta ei,—vijñera anubhava mūḍha-loka nāhi jāne bhāvera vaibhava
SYNONYMS
śāstrera —of the revealed scriptures;  siddhānta —conclusion;  ei —this;  vijñera anubhava —realization by experienced devotees;  mūḍha-loka —fools and rascals;  nāhi jāne —do not know;  bhāvera vaibhava —devotional opulences.
TRANSLATION
This conclusion of the revealed scriptures is also the realization of experienced devotees. Fools and rascals, however, cannot understand the opulences of devotional emotions.
PURPORT
When a person is liberated in the  sārūpya  form of liberation, having a spiritual form exactly like Viṣṇu, it is not possible for him to relish the relationship of Kṛṣṇa's personal associates in their mellow exchanges. The devotees of Kṛṣṇa, however, in their loving relationships with Kṛṣṇa, sometimes forget their own identities; sometimes they think themselves one with Kṛṣṇa and yet relish still greater transcendental mellow in that way. People in general, because of their