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apāraṁ kasyāpi praṇayi-jana-vṛndasya kutukī rasa-stomaṁ hṛtvā madhuram upabhoktuṁ kam api yaḥ rucaṁ svām āvavre dyutim iha tadīyāṁ prakaṭayan sa devaś caitanyākṛtir atitarāṁ naḥ kṛpayatu
[apaaram kasyaapi pranayi-jana-vrindasya kutukee rasa-stomam hritvaa madhuram upabhoktum kam api yah rucham svaam aavavre dyutim iha tadeeyaam prakatayan sa devash chaitanyaakritir atitaraam nah kripayatu]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
apāraṁ kasyāpi praṇayi-jana-vṛndasya kutukī rasa-stomaṁ hṛtvā madhuram upabhoktuṁ kam api yaḥ rucaṁ svām āvavre dyutim iha tadīyāṁ prakaṭayan sa devaś caitanyākṛtir atitarāṁ naḥ kṛpayatu
“Lord Kṛṣṇa desired to taste the limitless nectarean mellows of the love possessed by one of His multitude of loving damsels [Śrī Rādhā], and so He has assumed the form of Lord Caitanya. He has tasted that love while hiding His own dark complexion with Her effulgent yellow color. May that Lord Caitanya confer upon us His grace.”

This is the third verse of the second Caitanyāṣṭaka of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Stava-mālā.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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