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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.224
তাহা কে কহিতে পারে ক্ষুদ্র জীব হঞা ।
দিগ্-দরশন কৈলুঁ মুঞি সূত্র করিয়া ॥ ২২৪ ॥
tāhā ke kahite pāre kṣudra jīva hañā
dig-daraśana kailuṅ muñi sūtra kariyā
What ordinary living being can describe the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu? I have only indicated the general direction in the form of a summary.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author asks what ordinary living being can describe the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He presents his account as only a summary.
That summary indicates the general direction rather than describing everything.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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:
The same village today is known as the village of Pāṭhāna Vaiṣṇavas. After bathing in the Ganges at Soro, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Prayāga, at the confluence of three rivers — the Ganges, Yamunā and Sarasvatī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can the author’s humility shape the way you read this summary?
Reread one sentence from the account today, remembering that it offers only an indication of His pastimes.
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