Madhya-līlāChapter 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 19.137

pārāpāra-śūnya gabhīra bhakti-rasa-sindhu

tomāya cākhāite tāra kahi eka 'bindu'

SYNONYMS

pāra-apāra — the length and breadth; śūnya — without; gabhīra — deep; bhakti-rasa — of the mellows in devotional service; sindhu — the ocean; tomāyato you; cākhāiteto give a taste; tāra — of this ocean; kahiI shall speak; eka — one; bindu — drop.

TRANSLATION

"The ocean of the transcendental mellows of devotional service is so big that no one can estimate its length and breadth. However, just to help you taste it, I am describing but one drop.

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