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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.256
চৈতন্য-গোসাঞির লীলা — অনন্ত, অপার ।
‘সহস্র-বদন’ যার নাহি পায় পার ॥ ২৫৬ ॥
caitanya-gosāñira līlā — ananta, apāra
‘sahasra-vadana’ yāra nāhi pāya pāra
The pastimes of Lord Caitanya are unlimited and endless. Even Sahasra-vadana, Lord Śeṣa, cannot reach the limits of His pastimes.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The pastimes of Lord Caitanya are unlimited.
They are also endless.
Even Sahasra-vadana, Lord Śeṣa, cannot reach the limits of His pastimes.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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:
During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs. When the ratha was again being drawn and the chanting resumed, two devotees from Kulīna-grāma — Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān — were requested to bring silk ropes every year for the Ratha-yātrā ceremony.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the endless nature of Lord Caitanya’s pastimes shape my attitude toward studying them?
Before studying today, pause to remember that even Lord Śeṣa cannot reach the limits of Lord Caitanya’s pastimes.
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