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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 17.72

anudghāṭya dvāra-trayam uru ca bhitti-trayam aho

vilańghyoccaiḥ kālińgika-surabhi-madhye nipatitaḥ

tanūdyat-sańkocāt kamaṭha iva kṛṣṇoru-virahād

virājan gaurāńgo hṛdaya udayan māḿ madayati

SYNONYMS

anudghāṭya — without opening; dvāra-trayam — the three doors; uru — strong; ca — and; bhitti-trayam — three walls; aho — how wonderful; vilańghya — crossing over; uccaiḥ — very high; kālińgika — of Kālińga-deśa, which is in the district of Tailańga; surabhi-madhye — among the cows; nipatitaḥ — fallen down; tanu-udyat-sańkocāt — by contracting within the body; kamaṭhaḥa tortoise; iva — like; kṛṣṇa-uru-virahāt — because of strong feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa; virājan — appearing; gaurāńgaḥ — Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; hṛdayein my heart; udayan — rising; māmme; madayati — maddens.

TRANSLATION

"How wonderful it is! Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left His residence without opening the three strongly bolted doors. Then He crossed over three high walls, and later, because of strong feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa, He fell down amidst the cows of the Tailańga district and retracted all the limbs of His body like a tortoise. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who appeared in that way, rises in my heart and maddens me."

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