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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.93
প্রতি-রোমে প্রস্বেদ পড়ে রুধিরের ধার ।
কণ্ঠে ঘর্ঘর, নাহি বর্ণের উচ্চার ॥ ৯৩ ॥
prati-rome prasveda paḍe rudhirera dhāra
kanṭḥe gharghara, nāhi varṇera uccāra
Blood and perspiration flowed incessantly from every pore of His body, and He could not speak a word but simply produced a gargling sound within His throat.
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Blood and perspiration flowed incessantly from every pore of His body.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu could not speak a word.
He produced only a gargling sound within His throat as His extraordinary ecstatic condition continued.
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:
His body had become unusually long, and the joints of His bones were loose. The devotees gradually brought Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu back to His senses by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, and then they took Him back to His residence.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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Pause over the words “could not speak a word” and reflect briefly on the scene.
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