CC Madhya 20.385

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20, Text 385

‘নিত্যলীলা’ কৃষ্ণের সর্বশাস্ত্রে কয় ।
বুঝিতে না পারে লীলা কেমনে ‘নিত্য’ হয় ॥ ৩৮৫ ॥

‘nitya-līlā’ kṛṣṇera sarva-śāstre kaya
bujhite nā pāre līlā kemane ‘nitya’ haya

Word by word

nitya-līlā — eternal pastimes; kṛṣṇera — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; sarva-śāstre kaya — described in every śāstra; bujhite nā pāre — not able to understand; līlā — pastimes; kemane — how; nitya haya — are eternal.

Translation

“Descriptions of Kṛṣṇa’s eternal pastimes are in all the revealed scriptures. But one cannot understand how they are continuing eternally.”