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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.403
সংক্ষেপে কহিলুঁ কৃষ্ণের স্বরূপ-বিচার ।
‘অনন্ত’ কহিতে নারে ইহার বিস্তার ॥ ৪০৩ ॥
saṅkṣepe kahiluṅ kṛṣṇera svarūpa-vicāra
‘ananta’ kahite nāre ihāra vistāra
“Thus I have briefly described Kṛṣṇa’s manifestation of transcendental forms. This subject matter is so large that even Lord Ananta cannot describe it fully.
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The manifestation of Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental forms has been described briefly.
The subject of these forms is exceedingly vast.
Even Lord Ananta cannot describe this subject fully.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
Thus the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I approach this vast subject without expecting to understand everything at once?
Reread the translation and pause to acknowledge how much remains beyond this brief description.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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