Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 20.90-91

ami — ati-kṣudra jīva, pakṣī rāńgā-ṭuni

se yaiche tṛṣṇāya piye samudrera pānī

taiche āmi eka kaṇa chuńiluń līlāra

ei dṛṣṭānte jāniha prabhura līlāra vistāra

SYNONYMS

āmi — I; ati-kṣudra jīva — a very insignificant living being; pakṣī rāńgā-ṭuni — just like a little bird with a red beak; se — he; yaiche — just as; tṛṣṇāya — in thirst; piye — drinks; samudrera pānī — the water of the sea; taiche — in the same way; āmi — I; eka kaṇa — one small particle; chuńiluń — touched; līlāra — of the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ei dṛṣṭānte — by this example; jāniha — all of you know; prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; līlāra vistāra — expansion of the pastimes.

TRANSLATION

I am a very insignificant living being, like a small red-beaked bird. Just as such a bird drinks the water of the sea to quench its thirst, so I have touched only a drop of the ocean of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's pastimes. From this example, you may all understand how expansive are the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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