Verse Seven

syāt kṛṣṇa-nāma-caritādi-sitāpy avidyā-
pittopatapta-rasanasya na rocikā nu
kintv ādarād anudinaṁ khalu saiva juṣṭā
svādvī kramād bhavati tad-gada-mūla-hantrī

The sugar candy of Krishna’s Name, Pastimes, and so forth is not relishable to a tongue severely afflicted by the jaundice of ignorance. Alas! Certainly, however, when it is constantly honoured with faith, this candy gradually becomes relishable and eradicates the disease.

Bhasya by Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur

avidya pittera dose dusta rasanaya
krsna-sankirtane ruchi nahi haya haya [1]

There is no taste for chanting about Krishna on a tongue that is defiled by the jaundice of ignorance. Alas!

sitapala praya krsna-katha anudina
adare sevite ruchi dena samichina [2]

Like sugar candy, however, constantly engaging in discussion of Krishna with faith produces genuine taste for Krishna.

krsna-kamya-vismrti avidya-gada-mula
krsna-sankirtana-krame haya ta’ nirmula [3]

The root of the disease—ignorance, forgetfulness that Krishna is our beloved—is gradually uprooted by chanting about Krishna.

sei krame krsna-namadite asvadana
anudina bade, ruchi haya anuksana [4]

By chanting, taste for Krishna’s Name, Pastimes, and so on, increases day by day and becomes constant.

Piyusa-varsini-vrtti by Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur

In this seventh verse is described the process for serving Krishna’s Name, Pastimes, and so on, with knowledge of one’s relationship with the Lord (sambandha-jnan) and the qualities that are nourishing to devotion that were described in the third verse. There is no taste for Krishna’s Name, Pastimes, and so forth, on a tongue that is infected with the jaundice of ignorance. If, however, the sugar candy of Krishna’s Name, Pastimes, and so on, is honoured constantly with faith, then it cures the disease of ignorance and becomes extremely relishable. Souls, particles within the rays from the sun of the supreme conscious being Krishna, are by nature servants of Krishna. Because of the fault of becoming forgetful of Krishna’s service, souls voluntarily embrace ignorance—unconsciousness, abandon their own nature, and lose taste for Krishna’s Name, Pastimes, and so on. By constantly chanting and remembering Krishna’s Name, Pastimes, and so on, with the grace of the sadhus and Sri Guru, however, souls regain their own nature. To the extent that the soul’s true nature re-emerges, taste for the Name gradually increases. Simultaneously, the soul’s ignorance is destroyed. Here, sugar candy is simply an analogy. Sugar candy at first is not pleasing to a tongue infected with jaundice, but gradually, as it is eaten, the candy becomes tasteful to the extent that the jaundice is cured. Therefore, with great enthusiasm, faith, and perseverance, engage in hearing, chanting, and remembrance of the form, Pastimes, and so forth, that the Name of Krishna reveals.