prabhu kahe, — "ei saba haya 'prÄká¹›ta' dravya
aiká¹£ava, karpÅ«ra, marica, elÄica, lavaá¹…ga, gavya
rasavÄsa, guá¸atvaka-Ädi yata saba
'prÄká¹›ta' vastura svÄda sabÄra anubhava
prabhu kahe - ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu said; ei - these; saba - all; haya - are; prÄká¹›ta - material; dravya - ingredients; aiká¹£ava - sugar; karpÅ«ra - camphor; marica - black pepper; elÄica - cardamom; lavaá¹…ga - cloves; gavya - butter; rasavÄsa - spices; guá¸atvaka - licorice; Ädi - and so on; yata saba - each and every one of them; prÄká¹›ta - material; vastura - of ingredients; svÄda - taste; sabÄra - everyone's; anubhava - experience.
ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu 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 prÄká¹›ta refers to things tasted for the sense gratification of the conditioned soul. Such things are limited by the material laws. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu wanted to make the point that material things have already been experienced by materially absorbed persons who are interested only in sense gratification.
