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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 20.83
তাঁর আগে যদ্যপি সব লীলার ভাণ্ডার ।
তথাপি অল্প বর্ণিয়া ছাড়িলেন আর ॥ ৮৩ ॥
tāṅra āge yadyapi saba līlāra bhāṇḍāra
tathāpi alpa varṇiyā chāḍilena āra
Although Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has within his jurisdiction the full store of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes, he has left aside most of them and described but a small portion.
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The full store of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes lies within Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura’s jurisdiction.
Yet he described only a small portion and left most of the pastimes aside.
The limited extent of his account does not mean that the full store was outside his jurisdiction.
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:
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I remember that what I have read is only a small portion of the Lord’s pastimes?
Reread the translation and note the contrast between the “full store” and a “small portion.”
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