CC Antya 20.69
Antya-līlā, Chapter 20, Text 69
দ্বাদশ বৎসর ঐছে দশা — রাত্রি-দিনে ।
কৃষ্ণরস আস্বাদয়ে দুইবন্ধু-সনে ॥ ৬৯ ॥
কৃষ্ণরস আস্বাদয়ে দুইবন্ধু-সনে ॥ ৬৯ ॥
dvādaśa vatsara aiche daśā — rātri-dine
kṛṣṇa-rasa āsvādaye dui-bandhu-sane
kṛṣṇa-rasa āsvādaye dui-bandhu-sane
Word by word
dvādaśa vatsara — for twelve years; aiche daśā — such a condition; rātri-dine — day and night; kṛṣṇa-rasa — transcendental bliss and mellows in connection with Kṛṣṇa; āsvādaye — He tastes; dui-bandhu-sane — with two friends, namely Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
Translation
For twelve years, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remained in that state day and night. With His two friends He tasted the meaning of those verses, which consists of nothing but the transcendental bliss and mellows of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.