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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 Antya 14.6
বুঝিতে না পারি যাহা, বর্ণিতে কে পারে ? সেই বুঝে, বর্ণে, চৈতন্য শক্তি দেন যাঁরে ॥ ৬ ॥
bujhite nā pāri yāhā, varṇite ke pāre?
sei bujhe, varṇe, caitanya śakti dena yāṅre
How can one describe unfathomable subject matters? It is possible only if Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gives him the capability.
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The author asks how unfathomable subject matters can be described.
Describing them is possible only if Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gives the capability.
In context, this refers to His deep and mysterious feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa.
Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.
The mood of Antya 14 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:
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the fourteenth chapter . Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa resulted in highly elevated transcendental madness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “separation”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might dependence on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu change my approach to studying His activities?
Before writing a study note today, ask Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for the capability to describe His activities faithfully.
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