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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 6.117
তোমার মহিমা—কোটিসমুদ্র অগাধ ।
তাহার ইয়ত্তা কহি,—এ বড় অপরাধ ॥ ১১৭ ॥
tomāra mahimā — koṭi-samudra agādha
tāhāra iyattā kahi, — e baḍa aparādha
Your glories are as fathomless as millions of oceans and seas. Speaking of its measure is a great offense indeed.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The glories being praised are fathomless.
They are compared to millions of oceans and seas.
Speaking as though their measure could be stated is described as a great offense.
Devotional appeal. The glory of Advaita frames service as the deepest form of greatness.
The mood of Ādi 6 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:
That Advaita, the superintendent of the cosmic manifestation, has descended in the form of Advaita Ācārya to associate with Lord Caitanya. When He is addressed as the servitor of Lord Caitanya, His glories are magnified because unless one is invigorated by this mentality of servitorship one cannot understand the mellows derived from devotional service to the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 6
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you appreciate fathomless glories without claiming to measure them?
Reread the comparison to millions of oceans and seas, and pause to acknowledge the limits of your understanding.
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