CC madhya lila 25. 277-278

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caitanya-lélä-amåta-püra, kåñëa-lélä-sukarpüra,

duhe mili’ haya sumädhurya

sädhu-guru-prasäde, tähä yei äsväde,

sei jäne mädhurya-präcurya

 

TRANSLATION

The pastimes of Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu are full of nectar, and the pastimes

of Lord Kåñëa are like camphor. When one mixes these, they taste very sweet.

By the mercy of the pure devotees, whoever tastes them can understand the

depths of that sweetness.

 

Madhya 25.277

 

TEXT 278

TEXT

 

ye lélä-amåta vine, khäya yadi anna-päne,

tabe bhaktera durbala jévana

yära eka-bindu-päne, utphullita tanu-mane,

häse, gäya, karaye nartana

..

TRANSLATION

Men become strong and stout by eating sufficient grains, but the devotee who

simply eats ordinary grains but does not taste the transcendental pastimes of

Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu and Kåñëa gradually becomes weak and falls down from

the transcendental position. However, if one drinks but a drop of the nectar

of Kåñëa’s pastimes, his body and mind begin to bloom, and he begins to laugh,

sing and dance.

PURPORT

All the devotees connected with the Kåñëa consciousness movement must read

all the books that have been translated (the Caitanya-caritämåta,

Çrémad-Bhägavatam, Bhagavad-gétä and others); otherwise, after some time, they

will simply

eat, sleep and fall down from their position. Thus they will miss the

opportunity to attain an eternal, blissful life of transcendental pleasure.