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Talks Between the Lord and Rāmānanda Rāya
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TEXT 158
সুখক্রপ কৃষ্ণ করে সুখ আস্বাদন ।
ভক্তগণে সুখ দিতে ‘হলাদিনী’—কারণ ॥ ১৫৮ ॥
sukha-rūpa kṛṣṇa kare sukha āsvādana bhakta-gaṇe sukha dite ‘hlādinī’—kāraṇa
SYNONYMS
sukha-rūpa —embodiment of pleasure;  kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  kare —does;  sukha —happiness;  āsvādana —tasting;  bhakta-gaṇe —unto the devotee;  sukha —happiness;  dite —to give;  hlādinī —the pleasure potency;  kāraṇa —the cause.
TRANSLATION
“Lord Kṛṣṇa tastes all kinds of transcendental happiness, although He Himself is happiness personified. The pleasure relished by His pure devotee is also manifest by His pleasure potency.
TEXT 159
হলাদিনীর সার অংশ, তার ‘প্রেম’ নাম ।
আনন্দচিন্ময়রস প্রেমের আখ্যান ॥ ১৫৯ ॥
hlādinīra sāra aṁśa, tāra ‘prema’ nāma ānanda-cinmaya-rasa premera ākhyāna
SYNONYMS
hlādinīra —of this pleasure potency;  sāra —the essential;  aṁśa —part;  tāra —its;  prema —love of God;  nāma —name;  ānanda —full of pleasure;  cit-maya-rasa —the platform of spiritual mellows;  premera —of love of Godhead;  ākhyāna —the explanation.
TRANSLATION
“The most essential part of this pleasure potency is love of Godhead [prema]. Consequently, the explanation of love of Godhead is also a transcendental mellow full of pleasure.
TEXT 160
প্রেমের পরম-সার ‘মহাভাব’ জানি ।
সেই মহাভাবক্রপা রাধা-ঠাকুরাণী ॥ ১৬০ ॥