Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.28.197, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 197 of Madhya-khanda chapter 28—“The Lord’s Pastime of Accepting Sannyasa”.
Verse 2.28.197
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.28.197:
পক্ষী যেন আকাশের অন্ত নাহি পায যত শক্তি থাকে, তত দূর উডি’ যায ॥ ১৯৭ ॥
पक्षी येन आकाशेर अन्त नाहि पाय यत शक्ति थाके, तत दूर उडि’ याय ॥ १९७ ॥
pakṣī yena ākāśera anta nāhi pāya yata śakti thāke, tata dūra uḍi’ yāya || 197 ||
paksi yena akasera anta nahi paya yata sakti thake, tata dura udi’ yaya (197)
English translation:
(197) A bird cannot reach the end of the sky, but flies only as far as its strength allows.