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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 20

vāyu yaiche sindhu-jalera hare eka ‘kaṇa’
kṛṣṇa-prema-kaṇa taiche jīvera sparśana

SYNONYMS

vāyu—the wind; yaiche—as; sindhu-jalera—of the water of the ocean; hare—takes away; eka kaṇa—one particle; kṛṣṇa-prema-kaṇa—one particle of love of Kṛṣṇa; taiche—similarly; jīvera sparśana—a living entity can touch.

TRANSLATION

As the wind can carry away but a drop of the water in the ocean, a living entity can touch only a particle of the ocean of love of Kṛṣṇa.