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  "name":"Cc. Antya 14.43",
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  "label":"Text 43",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 14.43",
  "description":"\"My dear friends,\" He said, \"please hear of Kṛṣṇa's sweetness. Because of a great desire for that sweetness, My mind has given up all social and Vedic religious principles and taken to the profession of begging, exactly like a mystic yogī."

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Cc. Antya 14.43

Text

“śuna, bāndhava, kṛṣṇera mādhurī
yāra lobhe mora mana, chāḍi' loka-veda-dharma,
yogī hañā ha-ila bhikhārī

Synonyms

śuna—please hear; bāndhava—My friends; kṛṣṇera mādhurī—the sweetness of Lord Kṛṣṇa; yāra—for which; lobhe—by the greed; mora mana—My mind; chāḍi'—giving up; loka-veda-dharma—social and Vedic religious principles; yogī hañā—having become a yogī; ha-ila bhikhārī—has become a beggar.

Translation

“My dear friends,” He said, “please hear of Kṛṣṇa's sweetness. Because of a great desire for that sweetness, My mind has given up all social and Vedic religious principles and taken to the profession of begging, exactly like a mystic yogī.