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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.46
চৈতন্যচন্দ্রের লীলা অনন্ত অপার ।
বর্ণিতে বর্ণিতে গ্রন্থ হইল বিস্তার ॥ ৪৬ ॥
caitanya-candrera līlā ananta apāra
varṇite varṇite grantha ha-ila vistāra
The pastimes of Lord Caitanya are unlimited and unfathomable. Therefore, in describing all those pastimes, the book became voluminous.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The pastimes of Lord Caitanya are unlimited.
They are also unfathomable.
The effort to describe all those pastimes made the book voluminous.
Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.
The mood of Ādi 8 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:
Previous to the composition of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura wrote a book called Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata. Only those subjects which were not discussed by Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura in his Caitanya-bhāgavata have been taken up by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī to be depicted in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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How does knowing these pastimes are unfathomable affect the way you approach reading them?
Read a short passage about Lord Caitanya’s pastimes slowly, remembering that they are unlimited and unfathomable.
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