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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 20.66
যদ্যপিহ প্রভু — কোটীসমুদ্র-গম্ভীর ।
নানা-ভাব-চন্দ্রোদয়ে হয়েন অস্থির ॥ ৬৬ ॥
yadyapiha prabhu — koṭī-samudra-gambhīra
nānā-bhāva-candrodaye hayena asthira
Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is as deep and grave as millions of oceans, when the moon of His various emotions rises, He becomes restless.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is as deep and grave as millions of oceans.
His various emotions are compared to a rising moon.
When that moon rises, He becomes restless. The verse presents His profound gravity alongside His overflowing emotions.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
The mood of Antya 20 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:
In this way, He became absorbed in ecstatic emotions. For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the image of oceans and a rising moon help you appreciate about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Read the translation slowly, pausing to reflect on its ocean and moon imagery.
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