CC Antya 20.90-91
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXTS 90-91
- ami—ati-kṣudra jīva, pakṣī rāṅgā-ṭuni
- se yaiche tṛṣṇāya piye samudrera pānī
- taiche āmi eka kaṇa chuṅiluṅ līlāra
- ei dṛṣṭānte jāniha prabhura līlāra vistāra
SYNONYMS
āmi — I; ati-kṣudra jīva — a very insignificant living being; pakṣī rāṅgā-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; chuṅiluṅ — 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.