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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.202
অনন্ত কৃষ্ণের লীলা না যায় বর্ণন ।
আপনে বর্ণেন যদি ‘সহস্রবদন’ ॥ ২০২ ॥
ananta kṛṣṇera līlā nā yāya varṇana
āpane varṇena yadi ‘sahasra-vadana’
“It is not at all possible to describe the unlimited pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, even though He Himself describes them in His incarnation of Sahasra-vadana, the thousand-mouthed Śeṣa Nāga.”
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The pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa are unlimited.
He Himself describes them in His incarnation of Sahasra-vadana, the thousand-mouthed Śeṣa Nāga.
Even with this description, it is not possible to describe all His pastimes.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He performed sporting pastimes in the water of the lake known as Indradyumna. For nine continuous days during Ratha-yātrā, the Lord remained at Sundarācala, and on the fifth day He and Svarūpa Dāmodara observed the pastimes of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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