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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.74
এক এক দন্ত যেন পৃথক্ পৃথক্ নড়ে ।
ঐছে নড়ে দন্ত, — যেন ভূমে খসি’ পড়ে ॥ ৭৪ ॥
eka eka danta yena pṛthak pṛthak naḍe
aiche naḍe danta, — yena bhūme khasi’ paḍe
All His teeth shook, as if each was separate from the others. Indeed, they seemed about to fall to the ground.
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All the Lord’s teeth shook.
They shook as though each tooth were separate from the others.
They seemed about to fall to the ground, adding to the surrounding descriptions of His bodily ecstasy.
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:
As previously, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed the cleansing ceremony at Guṇḍicā and chanted the famous verse jagamohana-pari-muṇḍā yāu. After kīrtana ended, He distributed prasādam to all the devotees and also took some Himself.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
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How does this small bodily detail convey the intensity of the Lord’s ecstasy?
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