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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.359
অনন্ত চৈতন্যলীলা কহিতে না জানি ।
লোভে লজ্জা খাঞা তার করি টানাটানি ॥ ৩৫৯ ॥
ananta caitanya-līlā kahite nā jāni
lobhe lajjā khāñā tāra kari ṭānāṭāni
The pastimes of Lord Caitanya are unlimited. No one can properly describe His activities, yet I make the attempt out of greed. This but reveals my shamelessness.
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The pastimes of Lord Caitanya are unlimited.
The author says that no one can properly describe the Lord’s activities.
Still, he attempts to describe them out of greed. Humbly, he says this reveals his shamelessness.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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 visited almost all the holy places in South India. He finally returned to Jagannātha Purī by taking the same route, after visiting Vidyānagara again.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from the author’s eagerness to describe pastimes he cannot fully express?
Read the translation slowly, noticing both the author’s eagerness and his humility.
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