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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 20]
TRANSLATION
Even Anantadeva, who has thousands of faces, could not reach the end of describing the transcendental bliss of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's pastimes.
TEXT 71
জীব ক্ষুদ্রবুদ্ধি কোন্ তাহা পারে বর্ণিতে ? তার এক কণা স্পর্শি আপনা শোধিতে ॥ ৭১ ॥
jīva kṣudra-buddhi kon tāhā pāre varṇite? tāra eka kaṇā sparśi āpanā śodhite
SYNONYMS
jīva —living being;  kṣudra-buddhi —limited intelligence;  kon —who;  tāhā —that;  pāre —is able;  varṇite —to write;  tāra —of that;  eka kaṇā —one particle;  sparśi —I touch;  āpanā śodhite —to correct myself.
TRANSLATION
How, then, could an ordinary living being with very little intelligence describe such pastimes? Nevertheless, I am trying to touch but a particle of them just to rectify my own self.
TEXT 72
যত চেষ্টা, যত প্রলাপ,—নাহি পারাবার । সে সব বর্ণিতে গ্রন্থ হয় স্ববিস্তার ॥ ৭২ ॥
yata ceṣṭā, yata pralāpa,—nāhi pārāvāra sei saba varṇite grantha haya suvistāra
SYNONYMS
yata ceṣṭā —all activities;  yata pralāpa —all crazy talking;  nāhi pārāvāra —there was no limit;  sei saba —all of them;  varṇite —to describe;  grantha —the book;  haya —would be;  su-vistāra —very voluminous.
TRANSLATION
There is no limit to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's activities and His words of madness. Therefore describing them all would greatly increase the size of this book.