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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.88
তোমার যে লীলা মহা-অমৃতের সিন্ধু ।
মোর মনোগোচর নহে তার এক বিন্দু ।।” ৮৮ ॥ ৮৮ ॥
tomāra ye līlā mahā-amṛtera sindhu
mora mano-gocara nahe tāra eka bindu”
“My dear Lord, Your pastimes are just like an ocean of nectar. It is not possible for me to conceive how great that ocean is or even to understand a drop of it.”
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The Lord’s pastimes are compared to an ocean of nectar.
The speaker says he cannot conceive how great that ocean is.
He does not claim even to understand a drop of it. His appreciation is accompanied by deep humility.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 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:
Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied that their deliverance would be possible if they very loudly chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, for hearing the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra chanted loudly, even with but little realization, would help them. After describing this incident, the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta also describes how Haridāsa Ṭhākura was tested at Benāpola, a village near Śāntipura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you appreciate the sweetness of the Lord’s pastimes while remaining humble about your understanding?
Pause over the phrase “an ocean of nectar” today and reflect on it without trying to measure the Lord’s greatness.
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