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aparam kasyapi pranayi-jana-vrndasya kutuki
rasa-stomam hrtva madhuram upabhoktum kam api yah
rucam svam avavre dyutim iha tadiyam prakatayan
sa devas caitanyakrtir atitaram nah krpayatu
SYNONYMS
aparam—boundless; kasya api—of someone; pranayi-jana-vrndasya—of the multitude of lovers; kutuki—one who is curious; rasa-stomam—the group of mellows; hrtva—stealing; madhuram—sweet; upabhoktum—to enjoy; kam api—some; yah—who; rucam—luster; svam—own; avavre—covered; dyutim—luster; iha—here; tadiyam—related to Him; prakatayan—manifesting; sah—He; devah—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; caitanya-akrtih—having the form of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; atitaram—greatly; nah—unto us; krpayatu—may He show His mercy “Lord Krsna desired to taste the limitless nectarean mellows of the love of one of His multitude of loving damsels (Sri Radha), 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.”
PURPORT
This is the third verse of the second Caitanyastaka of Srila Rupa Gosvami’s Stava-mala.