Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.124
The Lord’s Transcendental Symptoms
“Also in that chapter is a description of how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell down in front of the Siṁha-dvāra gate of the Jagannātha temple, His bones separated at the joints, and how various transcendental symptoms awakened in Him.”
What the purport teaches
- The fourteenth chapter also describes how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell down before the Siṁha-dvāra gate of the Jagannātha temple.
- His bones separated at the joints.
- Various transcendental symptoms awakened in Him. The preceding summary places this account in the chapter describing His spiritual trance.
Try this today
Read this verse together with the preceding one, noting the connection between spiritual trance and transcendental symptoms.
Ask yourself
How does the word “transcendental” guide your reading of these extraordinary symptoms?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.