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CC Ādi 10.5

Bengali

যত যত মহান্ত কৈলা তাঁ–সবার গণন ।
কেহ করিবারে নারে জ্যেষ্ঠ–লঘু–ক্রম ॥ ৫॥

Text

yata yata mahānta kailā tāṅ-sabāra gaṇana
keha karibāre nāre jyeṣṭha-laghu-krama

Synonyms

yata yata — as many as there are; mahānta — great devotees; kailā — made; tāṅ-sabāra — of all of them; gaṇana — counting; keha — all of them; karibāre nāre — can not do; jyeṣṭha — elder; laghu — younger; krama — chronology.

Translation

All the great personalities in the line of Lord Caitanya enumerated these devotees, but they could not distinguish between the greater and the lesser.