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  "name":"Cc. Antya 4.170",
  "h1":"Cc. Antya 4.170",
  "label":"Text 170",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 4.170",
  "description":"\"I offer you praise not because I think of you as being outside an intimate relationship with Me but because you are actually so qualified that one is forced to praise your qualities."

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Cc. Antya 4.170

Text

bahiraṅga-jñāne tomāre nā kari stavana
tomāra guṇe stuti karāya yaiche tomāra guna

Synonyms

bahiraṅga-jñāne—thinking outside My intimate relationship; tomāre—unto you; nā kari—I do not; stavana—offer praise; tomāra—your; guṇe—by qualifications; stuti karāya—one is induced to offer prayers; yaiche—as; tomāra—your; guna—attributes.

Translation

“I offer you praise not because I think of you as being outside an intimate relationship with Me but because you are actually so qualified that one is forced to praise your qualities.