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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 20.79
আকাশ — অনন্ত, তাতে যৈছে পক্ষিগণ ।
যার যত শক্তি, তত করে আরোহণ ॥ ৭৯ ॥
ākāśa — ananta, tāte yaiche pakṣi-gaṇa
yāra yata śakti, tata kare ārohaṇa
The sky is unlimited, but many birds fly higher and higher according to their own abilities.
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The sky is unlimited, while the birds flying in it have their own abilities.
Many birds fly higher and higher, each according to its capacity.
In the surrounding verses, this image illustrates the limited capacity of those describing the unlimited pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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.
How can this image help you accept your present capacity while continuing your study?
Read a small portion you can attend to carefully today, remembering the bird flying according to its ability.
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