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  "name":"Cc. Antya 18.20",
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  "label":"Text 20",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 18.20",
  "description":"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."

} —

Cc. Antya 18.20

Text

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.