Antya-līlāChapter 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 19.76

svakīyasya prāṇārbuda-sadṛśa-goṣṭhasya virahāt

pralāpān unmādāt satatam ati kurvan vikala-dhīḥ

dadhad bhittau śaśvad vadana-vidhu-gharṣeṇa rudhiraḿ

kṣatotthaḿ gaurāńgo hṛdaya udayan māḿ madayati

SYNONYMS

svakīyasya — His own; prāṇa-arbuda — uncountable breaths of life; sadṛśa — like; goṣṭhasya — of Vṛndāvana; virahāt — because of separation; pralāpān — crazy talks; unmādāt — because of madness; satatam — always; ati — very much; kurvan — doing; vikala-dhīḥ — whose intelligence was disturbed; dadhat — oozing forth; bhittau — on the walls; śaśvat — always; vadana-vidhu — of His moonlike face; gharṣeṇa — by rubbing; rudhiram — blood; kṣata-uttham — coming forth from injuries; gaurāńgaḥ — Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; hṛdayein my heart; udayan — rising; māmme; madayati — maddens.

TRANSLATION

"Because of separation from His many friends in Vṛndāvana, who were like His own life, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke like a madman. His intelligence was transformed. Day and night He rubbed His moonlike face against the walls, and blood flowed from the injuries. May that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rise in my heart and make me mad with love."

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