Verse 1.7.59-60

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.7.59-60:

সহজে শর্করা মিষ্ট,—সর্ব-জনে জানে কেহ তিক্ত বাসে, জিহ্বা-দোষের কারণে জিহ্বার সে দোষ, শর্করার দোষ নাই অতএব সর্ব-মিষ্ট চৈতন্য গোসাঞি ॥ ৫৯-৬০ ॥

सहजे शर्करा मिष्ट,—सर्व-जने जाने केह तिक्त वासे, जिह्वा-दोषेर कारणे जिह्वार से दोष, शर्करार दोष नाइ अतएव सर्व-मिष्ट चैतन्य गोसाञि ॥ ५९-६० ॥

sahaje śarkarā miṣṭa,—sarva-jane jāne keha tikta vāse, jihvā-doṣera kāraṇe jihvāra se doṣa, śarkarāra doṣa nāi ataeva sarva-miṣṭa caitanya gosāñi || 59-60 ||

sahaje sarkara mista,—sarva-jane jane keha tikta vase, jihva-dosera karane jihvara se dosa, sarkarara dosa nai ataeva sarva-mista caitanya gosani (59-60)

English translation:

(59-60) Everyone knows that sugar is sweet by nature, but if the tongue is diseased then the sugar will taste bitter. That is the fault of the tongue, not the sugar. The conclusion is that Lord Caitanya is the sweetest of all.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Although sweet sugar tastes bitter to the jaundice infected tongue, the sweetness of sugar has no bitterness. Similarly, there cannot be any lack of love in Śrī Caitanyadeva, who is the source of all auspiciousness.

Those who cannot understand Śrī Caitanyadeva to be their worshipable Lord are in that position because of their offenses. In terms of His position as the doer, Śrī Caitanyadeva is directly Kṛṣṇa; but the material vision of the conditioned souls is infected with imperfection and ignorance, so they consider Śrī Caitanyadeva an ordinary living entity with aṇu-cetana, minute consciousness, while in fact He is vibhu-cetana, the supreme consciousness.