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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 20.149
অনিপুণা বাণী আপনে নাচিতে না জানে ।
যত নাচাইলা, নাচি’ করিলা বিশ্রামে ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
anipuṇā vāṇī āpane nācite nā jāne
yata nācāilā, nāci’ karilā viśrāme
My inexperienced words do not know how to dance by themselves. The mercy of the guru made them dance as much as possible, and now, after dancing, they have taken rest.
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The author calls his words inexperienced and unable to dance by themselves.
He credits the mercy of the guru with making them dance as much as possible.
Now that their dancing is finished, the words have taken rest.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years. After hinting about the Lord’s disappearance, the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta gives a short description of the entire Antya-līlā and then ends his book.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from the author's giving credit to the guru's mercy rather than his own skill?
Reread the sentence about the guru's mercy and pause in gratitude for the instruction you have received.
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