Madhya-lilaChapter 19: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 19.99

prabhu kahena, -- kaha, tenho pade krishna-lila

premavese prabhura deha-mana ayuyaila

SYNONYMS

prabhu kahena -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; kaha -- please go on speaking; tenho -- he; pade -- recites; krishna-lila -- the pastimes of Lord Krishna; prema-avese -- in great ecstasy of love; prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; deha-mana -- body and mind; ayuyaila -- became slackened.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu requested Raghupati Upadhyaya to continue speaking about the pastimes of Sri Krishna. Thus the Lord was absorbed in ecstatic love, and His mind and body slackened.

PURPORT

Our minds and bodies are always engaged in material activities. When they are activated on the spiritual platform, they slacken on the material platform.

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