—json {
"name":"Cc. Ādi 4.144", "h1":"Cc. Ādi 4.144", "label":"Text 144", "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 4.144", "description":"\"If I see My sweetness in a mirror, I am tempted to taste it, but nevertheless I cannot."
} —
darpaṇādye dekhi' yadi āpana mādhurī
āsvādite haya lobha, āsvādite nāri
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.
“If I see My sweetness in a mirror, I am tempted to taste it, but nevertheless I cannot.