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The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers
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TRANSLATION
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read the verses of Jayadeva's Gīta-govinda, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, of Rāmānanda Rāya's drama Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka and of Bilvamangala Thākura's Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta, He was overwhelmed by the various ecstatic emotions of those verses. Thus He tasted their purports.
TEXT 69
দ্বাদশ বৎসর ঐছে দশা—রাত্রি-দিনে । কৃষ্ণরস আস্বাদয়ে দুইবন্ধু-সনে ॥ ৬৯ ॥
dvādaśa vatsara aiche daśā—rātri-dine kṛṣṇa-rasa āsvādaye dui-bandhu-sane
SYNONYMS
dvādaśa vatsara —for twelve years;  aiche daśā —such a condition;  rātri-dine —day and night;  kṛṣṇa-rasa —transcendental bliss and mellows in connection with Kṛṣṇa;  āsvādaye —He tastes;  dui-bandhu-sane —with two friends, namely Rāmā-nanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
TRANSLATION
For twelve years, Śrī Caitanya remained in that state day and night. With His two friends, He tasted the meaning of those verses, which consist of nothing but the transcendental bliss and mellows of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
TEXT 70
সেই সব লীলারস আপনে অনন্ত । সহস্র-বদনে বর্ণি নাহি পা'ন অন্ত ॥ ৭০ ॥
sei saba lilā-rasa āpane ananta sahasra-vadane varṇi' nāhi pā'na anta
SYNONYMS
sei saba —all these;  lilā-rasa —transcendental mellows of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's pastimes;  āpane —personally;  ananta —the Personality of Godhead Ananta;  sahasra-vadane —with His thousands of faces;  varṇi' —describing;  nāhi —not;  pā'na —gets;  anta —the limit.