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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.331
শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্যলীলা—অদ্ভুত, অনন্ত ।
ব্রহ্মা–শিব–শেষ যাঁর নাহি পায় অন্ত ॥ ৩৩১ ॥
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-līlā — adbhuta, ananta
brahmā-śiva-śeṣa yāṅra nāhi pāya anta
The pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are wonderful and unlimited. Even personalities like Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and Śeṣa Nāga cannot find their end.
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The pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are wonderful.
His pastimes are unlimited.
Even Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and Śeṣa Nāga cannot find their end.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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:
There is no need of mundane arguments in this connection, because mundane arguments are meaningless in regard to inconceivable potency. At the end of the seventeenth chapter, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, following in the footsteps of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, has summarized all the ādi-līlā pastimes separately.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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How does knowing that these pastimes are unlimited affect your approach to studying them?
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