18.16-17
bhakta-premara yata dasa, ye gati prakara
yata duhkha, yata sukha, yateka vikara
krsna taha samyak na pare janite
bhakta-bhava angikare taha asvadite
SYNONYMS
bhakta-premara—of the ecstatic emotion of the devotee; yata—all; dasa—conditions; ye—which; gati prakara—mode of progress; yata—all; duhkha—unhappiness; yata—all; sukha—happiness; yateka—all; vikara—transformation; krsna—Lord Krsna; taha—that; samyak—fully; na pare janite—cannot understand; bhakta-bhava—the mood of a devotee; angikare—He accepts; taha—that; asvadite—to taste.
Krsna Himself cannot fully understand the conditions, the mode of progress, the happiness and unhappiness, and the moods of ecstatic love of His devotees.
He therefore accepts the role of a devotee to taste these emotions fully.