16.1
vande sri-krsna-caitanyam
krsna-bhavamrtam hi yah
asvadyasvadayan bhaktan
prema-diksam asiksayat
SYNONYMS
vande—I offer my respectful obeisances; sri-krsna-caitanyam—unto Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krsna-bhava-amrtam—the nectar of ecstatic love of Krsna; hi—certainly; yah—He who; asvadya—tasting; asvadayan—causing to taste; bhaktan—the devotees; prema—in love of Krsna; diksam—initiation; asiksayat—instructed.
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who personally tasted the nectar of ecstatic love for Krsna and then instructed His devotees how to taste it.
Thus He enlightened them about ecstatic love of Krsna to initiate them into transcendental knowledge.