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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.70
সেই সব লীলারস আপনে অনন্ত ।
সহস্র-বদনে বর্ণি’ নাহি পা’ন অন্ত ॥ ৭০ ॥
sei saba līlā-rasa āpane ananta
sahasra-vadane varṇi’ nāhi pā’na anta
Even Anantadeva, who has thousands of faces, could not reach the end of describing the transcendental bliss of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes are filled with transcendental bliss.
Anantadeva has thousands of faces with which to describe that bliss.
Even Anantadeva could not reach the end of describing it.
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:
For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years.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.
How does this verse invite humility in your understanding of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes?
Reread the translation and pause to acknowledge how much remains beyond a complete description.
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