Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 5.146

hāse, kānde, nāce prabhu huńkāra garjana

tina-krośa patha haila — sahasra yojana

SYNONYMS

hāse — laughs; kānde — cries; nāce — dances; prabhu — Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; huńkāra — ecstatic vibrations; garjana — resonations; tina-krośa — six miles; patha — the way; haila — became; sahasra yojana — thousands of miles.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu laughed, cried, danced and made many ecstatic vibrations and sounds. Although the temple was only six miles away, to Him the distance seemed thousands of miles.

PURPORT

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was in ecstasy, He considered one moment to last as long as twelve years. After seeing the Jagannātha temple from a distant place, the Lord became so ecstatic that He considered the six-mile path many thousands of miles long.

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