Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 15.98
Unlimited Pastimes, Humbly Introduced
“The pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are unlimited; it is not possible to write of them properly. I can give only an indication of them as I try to introduce them.”
What the purport teaches
- The pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are unlimited. No written account can describe them properly in their entirety.
- The narrator offers only an indication of these pastimes. His aim is to introduce them, not to claim a complete account.
- After describing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic chanting and dancing, the narrator acknowledges the limits of his description. This places the account before us with humility.
Try this today
Reread the preceding description of chanting and dancing, remembering that it offers only an indication of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s unlimited pastimes.
Ask yourself
How might knowing that these pastimes are unlimited change the way you read about them?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.