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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.233
জগৎ ভাসিল চৈতন্যলীলার পাথারে ।
যাঁর যত শক্তি তত পাথারে সাঁতারে ॥ ২৩৩ ॥
jagat bhāsila caitanya-līlāra pāthāre
yāṅra yata śakti tata pāthāre sāṅtāre
The whole world became merged in the inundation of the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. One can swim in that water to the extent that he has the strength.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are described as an inundation.
The whole world became merged in that inundation.
One can swim in that water to the extent that one has the strength.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 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:
Thereafter the Lord visited the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana and was filled with great ecstatic love. As He toured the Vṛndāvana forests, He heard the chirping of parrots and other birds.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it mean for you to engage with these pastimes according to your present strength?
Choose one short passage about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes and read it attentively today.
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