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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.72
সঘন পুলক, — যেন শিমুলের তরু ।
কভু প্রফুল্লিত অঙ্গ, কভু হয় সরু ॥ ৭২ ॥
saghana pulaka, — yena śimulera taru
kabhu praphullita aṅga, kabhu haya saru
The hairs on His body constantly stood up like the thorns on a śimula tree. Sometimes His body was swollen and sometimes lean and thin.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The hairs on the Lord’s body constantly stood on end.
Their appearance is compared to the thorns on a śimula tree.
Sometimes His body was swollen, and sometimes it was lean and thin.
Tender service. Food prepared and carried with love becomes a medium of intimate exchange.
The mood of Antya 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Somehow or other Govinda, the personal servant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, crossed over the Lord’s body and massaged His feet. Govinda could not go out that day, however, and therefore he was unable to accept prasādam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the comparison with the śimula tree help you picture?
Pause over the śimula-tree comparison and notice how vividly it describes the Lord’s bodily ecstasy.
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