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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 10]
TRANSLATION
These are the names of some of the pickles and condiments in the bags of Rāghava Paṇḍita: āmra-kāśandi, ādā-kāśandi, jhāla-kāśandi, nembu-ādā, āmra-koli, āmsi, āma-khaṇḍa, tailāmra and āma-sattā. With great attention, Damayantī also made dried bitter vegetables into a powder.
TEXT 17
‘সুকুতা’ বলি’ অবজ্ঞা না করিছ চিত্তে ।
সুকুতায় যে সুখ প্রভুর, তাহা নহে পঞ্চায়তে ॥ ১৭ ॥
‘sukutā’ bali’ avajñā nā kariha citte sukutāya ye sukha prabhura, tāhā nahe pañcāmṛte
SYNONYMS
sukutā — sukutā ;  bali ’—because;  avajñā —neglect;  nā kariha —do not make;  citte —within the mind;  sukutāya —from  sukutā ;  ye —which;  sukha —happiness;  prabhura —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  tāhā —that;  nahe —is not;  pañcāmṛte —in  pañcāmṛta .
TRANSLATION
Do not neglect  sukutā  because it is a bitter preparation. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu derived more happiness from eating this  sukutā  than from drinking  pañcāmṛta  [a preparation of milk, sugar, ghee, honey and curd].
TEXT 18
ভাবগ্রাহী মহাপ্রভু স্নেহমাত্র লয় ।
সুকুতা পাতা কাশ্মিতে মহাসুখ পায় ॥ ১৮ ॥
bhāva-grāhī mahāprabhu sneha-mātra laya   sukutā pātā kāśandite mahā-sukha pāya
SYNONYMS
bhāva-grāhī —one who accepts the purpose;  mahāprabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  sneha —affection;  mātra —only;  laya —accepts;  sukutā pātā —in leaves of  sukutā ;  kāśandite —in  kāśandi ;  mahā-sukha —much pleasure;  pāya —gets.
TRANSLATION
Since Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He extracts the purpose from everything. He accepted Damayantī’s affection for Him, and therefore He derived great pleasure even from the dried bitter leaves of  sukutā  and from  kāśandi  [a sour condiment].