
The difference between the knower of the tastes of love and the ignorant
Caitanya Caritmta Madhya 8.258-261
arasa-jna kaka cushe jnana-nimba-phale
rasa-jna kokila khaya premamra-mukule 258
(Those who) have no knowledge of the tastes of divine love are like crows, - jna arasa kaka
who know (only) the taste of the bitter fruit nimba. - cushe jnana nimba-phale
(Those who ) have knowledge of the tastes of divine love are like kokila birds, - jna rasa kokila
who eat the sweet mango buds of spiritual love. - khaya prema-amra-mukule
abhagiya jnani asvadaye sushka jnana
krishna-premamrita pana kare bhagyavan 259
Unfortunate ones who deal (only) with Knowledge about the Absolute, - abhagiya jnani
taste dry (sapless) knowledge. - asvadaye jnana sushka
The fortunate ones drink nectarian love for krishna. - bhagyavan kare pana prema amrita krishna
ei-mata dui jana krishna-katha-rase
nritya-gita-rodane haila ratri-seshe 260
In this way the two of them discussed the tastes of love for Krishna. - ei mata dui jana katha-rase krishna
Dancing, singing and weeping, the night drew to an end. - nritya-gita rodane haila ratri-seshe
donhe nija-nija-karye calila vihane
sandhya-kale raya asi' milila ara dine 261
In the morning the two would leave to fulfill their own Prescribed Duties
and in the evening Rāmānanda Rāya would come to meet again and so on the next day.