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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.45
সূত্র করি’ গণে যদি আপনে অনন্ত ।
সহস্র–বদনে তেঁহো নাহি পায় অন্ত ॥ ৪৫ ॥
sūtra kari’ gaṇe yadi āpane ananta
sahasra-vadane teṅho nāhi pāya anta
If Śeṣa Nāga Ananta personally were to make the pastimes of Lord Caitanya into sūtras, even with His thousands of mouths there is no possibility that He could find their limit.
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The verse considers Śeṣa Nāga Ananta personally presenting Lord Caitanya’s pastimes in sūtras.
Even with His thousands of mouths, He could not find their limit.
Lord Caitanya’s pastimes cannot be exhausted by such extensive description.
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
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the image of thousands of mouths help me appreciate about Lord Caitanya’s pastimes?
Reread the translation and spend a moment reflecting on the limitless pastimes it describes.
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