caitanya-candrera līlā samudra apārabujhite śakati nāhi ei kathā sāra
Word for word
caitanya-candreraof Lord Caitanyacandra;līlāpastimes;samudraocean;apārashoreless;bujhiteto understand;śakatithe power;nāhinot;eithis;kathāwords;sārabest
Translation
No one has the power to know everything about the shoreless ocean of Lord Caitanyacandra's pastimes. That is the essence of this book.
tabe mūrkha-jana keno śāstra bicāriyāgaura-līlā nāhi māne anta nā pāiyā
Word for word
tabethen;mūrkha-janafools;kenowhy?;śāstrascriptures;bicāriyāstudying;gaura-līlāthe pastimes of Lord Caitanya;nāhinot;māneknow;antathe end;nanot;pāiyāattaining
Translation
Why then do fools, after studying the scriptures and failing to find the limit of Lord Caitanya's pastimes, refuse to accept those pastimes?
ananteraof that which has no end;antathe end;ācheis;konain what;śāstrascriptures;gāyasinging;śāstrato the scriptures;adhīnasubordinate;kṛṣṇaKṛṣṇa;ihahere;śuni'hearing;hāsilaughing;pāyaattaining
Translation
What scripture can find the limit of the limitless? Hearing the words, "Kṛṣṇa is ruled by the scriptures," I smile and laugh.
smṛti-tarka-śāstre bole bairī prakāśiyāgorācandra saha raṇa korilo mātiyā
Word for word
smṛti-tarka-śāstrein the smrti and tarkla scriptures;bolesays;bairīenemies;prakāśiyāmanifesting;gorācandraLord Caitanya;sahawith;raṇabattle;korilaḥdid;mātiyāthinking
Translation
Speaking from the Smṛti and Tarka śāstras, they became Lord Caitanya enemies. They struggled against Him.
ata eba nabadwīpa-bāsī jata janaśrī-caitanya-līlā-puṣṭi kore anukhaṇa
Word for word
ata ebathus;nabadwīpa-bāsīthe residents of Navadvipa;jatawho;janapeople;śrī-caitanya-līlāLord Caitanya's pastimes;puṣṭinourishment;koredid;anukhaṇamoment after moment
Translation
Moment after moment all the people of Navadvīpa made Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes sweeter and sweeter.
ekhona je brahma-kule caitanyera aritā'ke jāni caitanyera līlā puṣṭikārī
Word for word
ekhonaone;jewho;brahma-kulein a brāhmaṇa family;caitanyeraof Lord Caitanya;arienemy;tā'kehim;jāniknowing;caitanyeraof Lord Caitanya;līlāpastimes;puṣṭikārīnourishing
Translation
I know that these enemies of the Lord, enemies born in a brāhmaṇa family, made Lord Caitanya's pastimes sweeter and more glorious.
Please be merciful to this servant. Please make Bhaktivinoda's heart deeply devoted to Lord Caitanya.
About Caitanya Candrera Līlā Samudra Apāra
At thirteen verses, one of the longer songs in Prarthana-Lalasamayi, describing Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes, lila, as an ocean without limit, samudra apara — marking a turn toward Mahaprabhu specifically after the section's earlier, more general songs of longing.
Caitanya Candrera Līlā Samudra Apāra was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Kalyanakalpataru.
What is the meaning of Caitanya Candrera Līlā Samudra Apāra?
No one has the power to know everything about the shoreless ocean of Lord Caitanyacandra's pastimes. That is the essence of this book.
How many verses does Caitanya Candrera Līlā Samudra Apāra have?
Caitanya Candrera Līlā Samudra Apāra has 13 verses.
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