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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.99
প্রভুর অঙ্গে দেখে অষ্টসাত্ত্বিক বিকার ।
আশ্চর্য সাত্ত্বিক দেখি’ হৈলা চমৎকার ॥ ৯৯ ॥
prabhura aṅge dekhe aṣṭa-sāttvika vikāra
āścarya sāttvika dekhi’ hailā camatkāra
All eight kinds of transcendental transformations were visible in the Lord’s body. All the devotees were struck with wonder to see such a sight.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All eight kinds of transcendental transformations were visible in the Lord’s body, striking the devotees with wonder.
The purport lists being stunned, perspiration, standing of the bodily hairs on end and faltering of the voice.
The remaining symptoms are trembling, fading of the body’s color, tears and devastation.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
As He ran toward it, He became stunned, and then the eight ecstatic transformations appeared in His body due to great love for Kṛṣṇa. At that time all the devotees chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra to pacify Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the devotees’ wonder help me notice about this extraordinary description?
Read the list of eight ecstatic symptoms slowly, noting that the text describes them as transcendental.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 5 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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