Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.518, 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 518 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.518
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.518:
পক্ষী যেন আকাশের অন্ত নাহি পায যত-দূর শক্তি তত-দূর উডি’ যায ॥ ৫১৮ ॥
पक्षी येन आकाशेर अन्त नाहि पाय यत-दूर शक्ति तत-दूर उडि’ याय ॥ ५१८ ॥
pakṣī yena ākāśera anta nāhi pāya yata-dūra śakti tata-dūra uḍi’ yāya || 518 ||
paksi yena akasera anta nahi paya yata-dura sakti tata-dura udi’ yaya (518)
English translation:
(518) A bird cannot reach the end of the sky, it only flies as far as it is able.