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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.77
প্রভুর গম্ভীর-লীলা না পারি বুঝিতে ।
বুদ্ধি-প্রবেশ নাহি তাতে, না পারি বর্ণিতে ॥ ৭৭ ॥
prabhura gambhīra-līlā nā pāri bujhite
buddhi-praveśa nāhi tāte, nā pāri varṇite
I cannot understand the very deep, meaningful pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. My intelligence cannot penetrate them, and therefore I could not properly describe them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are very deep and meaningful.
The author says that his intelligence cannot penetrate them.
He therefore feels that he could not properly describe them, openly acknowledging the limits of his understanding.
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 can you acknowledge what you do not understand while continuing to read with respect?
Write down one thing in today’s reading that you do not yet understand, without rushing to explain it.
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