Ādi-līlāChapter 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 17.19

varāha-āveśa hailā murāri-bhavane

tāńra skandhe caḍi' prabhu nācilā ańgane

SYNONYMS

varāha-āveśa — the ecstasy of becoming Varāhadeva; hailā — became; murāri-bhavane — in the house of Murāri Gupta; tāńra skandhe — on the shoulders of Murāri Gupta; caḍi' — riding; prabhu — the Lord; nācilā — danced; ańgane — in the yard.

TRANSLATION

One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt the ecstasy of the boar incarnation and got up on the shoulders of Murāri Gupta. Thus they both danced in Murāri Gupta's courtyard.

PURPORT

One day Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to cry out, "Śūkara! Śūkara!" Thus crying out for the boar incarnation of the Lord, He assumed His form as the boar incarnation and got up on the shoulders of Murāri Gupta. He carried a small gāḍu, a small waterpot with a nozzle, and thus He symbolically picked up the earth from the depths of the ocean, for this is the pastime of Lord Varāha.

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