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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.289
সহস্র-বদনে কহে আপনে ‘অনন্ত’ ।
তবু এক লীলার তেঁহো নাহি পায় অন্ত ॥ ২৮৯ ॥
sahasra-vadane kahe āpane ‘ananta’
tabu eka līlāra teṅho nāhi pāya anta
Although Lord Anantadeva is always describing the pastimes of the Lord with His thousands of mouths, He cannot reach the end of even one of the Lord’s pastimes.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Anantadeva is always describing the pastimes of the Lord.
He describes them with His thousands of mouths.
Even so, He cannot reach the end of even one of the Lord’s pastimes.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
Returning from Rāmakeli, He met Raghunātha dāsa and after giving him instructions sent him back home. Thereafter the Lord returned to Nīlācala and began to make plans to go to Vṛndāvana without a companion.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Lord Anantadeva’s endless description deepen my sense of the Lord’s greatness?
Spend a moment reflecting on the statement that even one of the Lord’s pastimes has no reachable end.
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