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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.64
প্রভু পড়ি’ আছেন দীর্ঘ হাত পাঁচ-ছয় ।
অচেতন দেহ, নাসায় শ্বাস নাহি বয় ॥ ৬৪ ॥
prabhu paḍi’ āchena dīrgha hāta pāṅca-chaya
acetana deha, nāsāya śvāsa nāhi vaya
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was lying unconscious, and His body had become elongated to five or six cubits. There was no breath from His nostrils.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was lying unconscious.
His body had become elongated to five or six cubits.
There was no breath from His nostrils. These details describe the condition that made the devotees so anxious.
Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.
The mood of Antya 14 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:
Seeing this, Svarūpa Dāmodara and the other devotees went outside and saw the Lord lying unconscious by the gate known as Siṁha-dvāra. His body had become unusually long, and the joints of His bones were loose.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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