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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-lilā, Ch. 20]
TRANSLATION
The sky is unlimited, but many birds fly higher and higher according to their own abilities.
TEXT 80
ঐছে মহাপ্রভুর লীলা—নাহি ওর-পার । ‘জীব’ হঞা কেবা সম্যক্ পারে বর্ণিবার ? ৮০ ॥
aiche mahāprabhura lilā —nāhi ora-pāra ‘jīva’ hañā kebā samyak pāre varṇibāra?
SYNONYMS
aiche —similarly;  mahāprabhura lilā —the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  nāhi ora-pāra —there is no limit above or below;  jīva hañā —being an ordinary living entity;  kebā —who;  samyak —fully;  pāre —is able;  varṇibāra —to describe.
TRANSLATION
The pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are like the unlimited sky. How, then, can an ordinary living being describe them all?
TEXT 81
যাবৎ বুদ্ধির গতি, ততেক বর্ণিলুঁ । সমুদ্রের মধ্যে যেন এক কণ ছুঁইলুঁ ॥ ৮১ ॥
yāvat buddhira gati, tateka varṇiluṅ samudrera madhye yena eka kaṇa chuṅiluṅ
SYNONYMS
yāvat —as far;  buddhira gati —the limit of my intelligence;  tateka —that far;  varṇiluṅ —I have described;  samudrera madhye —in the midst of the great ocean;  yena —just like;  eka kaṇa —one particle;  chuṅiluṅ —I have touched.
TRANSLATION
I have tried to describe them as far as my intelligence allows, as if trying to touch a drop in the midst of a great ocean.
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নিত্যানন্দ-কুপাপাত্র—বৃন্দাবন-দাস । চৈতন্যলীলায় তেঁহো হয়েন ‘আদিব্যাস’ ॥ ৮২ ॥