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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.234
নিত্যানন্দ–প্রভুর গুণ–মহিমা অপার ।
‘সহস্রবদনে’ শেষ নাহি পায় যাঁর ॥ ২৩৪ ॥
nityānanda-prabhura guṇa-mahimā apāra
‘sahasra-vadane’ śeṣa nāhi pāya yāṅra
The glories of Lord Nityānanda’s transcendental attributes are unfathomable. Even Lord Śeṣa, with His thousands of mouths, cannot find their limit.
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Lord Nityānanda’s attributes are transcendental.
The glories of these attributes are unfathomable.
Even Lord Śeṣa, with His thousands of mouths, cannot find their limit.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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:
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja’s brother invited Śrī Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa, a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda, to his home, but a priest named Guṇārṇava Miśra did not receive him well, and Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī’s brother, not recognizing the glories of Lord Nityānanda, also took sides with the priest. Therefore Rāmadāsa became sorry, broke his flute and went away.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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How does this description encourage humility in my understanding of Lord Nityānanda?
Offer a short prayer acknowledging that Lord Nityānanda’s glories are beyond your ability to fully describe.
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