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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.228
চৈতন্য-চরিত্র এই — ‘অমৃতের সিন্ধু’ ।
জগৎ আনন্দে ভাসায় যার একবিন্দু ॥ ২২৮ ॥
caitanya-caritra ei — ‘amṛtera sindhu’
jagat ānande bhāsāya yāra eka-bindu
The pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are an ocean of nectar. Even a drop of this ocean can inundate the whole world with transcendental bliss.
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The pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are described as an ocean of nectar.
Even one drop of this ocean can inundate the whole world.
What fills the world through these pastimes is transcendental bliss.
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
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the image of one drop of nectar deepen my appreciation for these pastimes?
Read this translation slowly and spend one minute reflecting on its image of a drop filling the world with transcendental bliss.
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