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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.21
ক্ষণে ক্ষণে উঠে প্রেমার তরঙ্গ অনন্ত ।
জীব ছার কাহাঁ তার পাইবেক অন্ত ? ২১ ।। ॥ ২১ ॥
kṣaṇe kṣaṇe uṭhe premāra taraṅga ananta
jīva chāra kāhāṅ tāra pāibeka anta?
Endless waves arise moment after moment in that ocean of love. How could an insignificant living entity estimate their limits?
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Endless waves arise in the ocean of love of Kṛṣṇa.
These waves arise moment after moment.
An insignificant living entity cannot estimate the limits of that ocean.
Desperate longing and relief. Mistaking the sea for Yamunā, the Lord enters it; devotees find and revive Him.
The mood of Antya 18 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:
As soon as the fisherman touched the Lord’s body, he became mad in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa. His own madness frightened him, however, because he thought that he was being haunted by a ghost.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”, “love of krsna”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “insignificant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What changes in your approach when you recognize that this ocean of love cannot be measured?
Reread the phrase “endless waves arise moment after moment” and pause to reflect on its vastness.
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