1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.44
অনন্ত চৈতন্যলীলা ক্ষুদ্র জীব হঞা ।
কে বর্ণিতে পারে, তাহা বিস্তার করিয়া ॥ ৪৪ ॥
ananta caitanya-līlā kṣudra jīva hañā
ke varṇite pāre, tāhā vistāra kariyā
The pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu are unlimited. How much can a small living entity elaborate about those transcendental pastimes?
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu are unlimited.
These pastimes are transcendental.
A small living entity can elaborate on them only to a limited extent.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
The mood of Ādi 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
During this time, Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured southern India, went to Vṛndāvana, returned from Vṛndāvana and preached the saṅkīrtana movement. A learned brāhmaṇa named Upendra Miśra, who resided in the district of Śrīhaṭṭa, was the father of Jagannātha Miśra, who came to Navadvīpa to study under the direction of Nīlāmbara Cakravartī and then settled there after marrying Nīlāmbara Cakravartī’s daughter, Śacīdevī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does remembering my limited capacity shape the way I study these unlimited pastimes?
Before studying today, pause to acknowledge that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes exceed what you can fully describe.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Ādi 13.44? Get an answer from the verses themselves.