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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.14
সেহো রহু — সর্বজ্ঞ-শিরোমণি শ্রীকৃষ্ণ ।
নিজ-গুণের অন্ত না পাঞা হয়েন সতৃষ্ণ ॥ ১৪ ॥
seho rahu — sarvajña-śiromaṇi śrī-kṛṣṇa
nija-guṇera anta nā pāñā hayena satṛṣṇa
“To say nothing of Anantadeva, even Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself cannot find an end to His own transcendental qualities. Indeed, He Himself is always eager to know them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Anantadeva cannot find an end to the Lord’s transcendental qualities.
Even Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself cannot find an end to His own transcendental qualities.
Kṛṣṇa Himself is always eager to know them.
Awe becoming attraction. The Lord’s vast opulence is placed beside the intimate sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.
The mood of Madhya 21 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes Lord Brahmā’s interview with Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā and the Lord’s curbing the pride of Brahmā. There is also a description of one of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with Brahmā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 21
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Kṛṣṇa’s own eagerness to know His qualities deepen my interest in them?
Read this translation twice, giving special attention to Kṛṣṇa’s eagerness to know His own qualities.
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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