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CC Madhya 19.137

Bengali

পারাপার-শূন্য গভীর ভক্তিরস-সিন্ধু ।
তোমায় চাখাইতে তার কহি এক ‘বিন্দু’ ॥ ১৩৭ ॥

Text

pārāpāra-śūnya gabhīra bhakti-rasa-sindhu
tomāya cākhāite tāra kahi eka ‘bindu’

Synonyms

pāra-apāra — the length and breadth; śūnya — without; gabhīra — deep; bhakti-rasa — of the mellows in devotional service; sindhu — the ocean; tomāya — to you; cākhāite — to give a taste; tāra — of this ocean; kahi — I shall speak; eka — one; bindu — drop.

Translation

“The ocean of the transcendental mellows of devotional service is so big that no one can estimate its length and breadth. However, just to help you taste it, I am describing but one drop.