rasa āsvādite āmi kaila avatāra
prema-rasa āsvādila vividha prakāra

 rasa - mellows; Äsvādite - to taste; Ämi - I; kaila - made; avatāra - incarnation; prema-rasa - transcendental mellows of love; Äsvādila - I tasted; vividha prakāra - different varieties of.


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“Formerly I appeared in the world to taste mellows, and I tasted the mellows of pure love in various ways.

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