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

 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.


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

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