Antya-līlāChapter 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 17.39

eta kahi' krodhāveśe, bhāvera tarańge bhāse,

utkaṇṭhā-sāgare ḍube mana

rādhāra utkaṇṭhā-vāṇī, paḍi' āpane vākhāni,

kṛṣṇa-mādhurya kare āsvādana

SYNONYMS

eta kahi' — saying this; krodha-āveśein the mood of anger; bhāvera tarańgein the waves of ecstatic love; bhāse — floats; utkaṇṭhā — of anxieties; sāgarein the ocean; ḍube mana — merges the mind; rādhāra — of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; utkaṇṭhā-vāṇī — words of anxiety; paḍi' — reciting; āpane — personally; vākhāni — explaining; kṛṣṇa-mādhurya — the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa; kare āsvādana — tastes.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke these words in a mood of anger as He floated on waves of ecstatic love. Merged in an ocean of anxiety, He recited a verse spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī expressing the same emotion. Then He personally explained the verse and thus tasted the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.

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