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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.64
একদিনে যত হয় ভাবের বিকার ।
সহস্রমুখে বর্ণে যদি, নাহি পায় পার ॥ ৬৪ ॥
eka-dine yata haya bhāvera vikāra
sahasra-mukhe varṇe yadi, nāhi pāya pāra
Even Anantadeva, who possesses thousands of mouths, cannot fully describe the ecstatic transformations that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu experienced in a single day.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu experienced ecstatic transformations that could not be fully described.
Even Anantadeva, who possesses thousands of mouths, cannot give a complete description.
This limit applies to the Lord’s experiences in just a single day. The verse emphasizes their extraordinary extent.
Inconceivable ecstatic absorption. The Lord’s overwhelming love manifests extraordinary bodily changes.
The mood of Antya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the seventeenth chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went out one night without opening the doors to His room. After crossing over three walls, He fell down among some cows belonging to the district of Tailaṅga. There He remained unconscious, assuming the aspect of a tortoise.Back to this verse in Antya 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might this verse encourage humility as you study the Lord’s ecstatic experiences?
Pause after reading and acknowledge that this account describes experiences beyond what you can fully grasp.
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