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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.95
বৈবর্ণ্যে শঙ্খপ্রায় শ্বেত হৈল অঙ্গ ।
তবে কম্প উঠে, — যেন সমুদ্রে তরঙ্গ ॥ ৯৫ ॥
vaivarṇye śaṅkha-prāya śveta haila aṅga
tabe kampa uṭhe, — yena samudre taraṅga
His entire body faded to the color of a white conchshell, and then He began to quiver like the waves in the ocean.
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The Lord’s entire body faded in color.
His bodily color became like that of a white conchshell.
He then began to quiver like the waves in the ocean.
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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