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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 16.108-109

prabhu kahe, — “ei saba haya ‘prākṛta’ dravya aikṣava, karpūra, marica, elāica, lavaṅga, gavyarasavāsa, guḍatvaka-ādi yata saba ‘prākṛta’ vastura svāda sabāra anubhava
[prabhu kahe, — “ei saba haya ‘praakrita’ dravya aikshava, karpoora, maricha, elaaicha, lavanga, gavyarasavaasa, gudatvaka-aadi yata saba ‘praakrita’ vastura svaada sabaara anubhava]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
prabhu kahe, — “ei saba haya ‘prākṛta’ dravya aikṣava, karpūra, marica, elāica, lavaṅga, gavyarasavāsa, guḍatvaka-ādi yata saba ‘prākṛta’ vastura svāda sabāra anubhava
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “These ingredients, such as sugar, camphor, black pepper, cardamom, cloves, butter, spices and licorice, are all material. Everyone has tasted these material substances before.

The word prākṛta refers to things tasted for the sense gratification of the conditioned soul. Such things are limited by the material laws. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to make the point that material things have already been experienced by materially absorbed persons who are interested only in sense gratification.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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