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4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Antya 17.48 Antya 17.50

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.49

করিতে ঐছে বিলাপ, উঠিল উদ্বেগ, ভাব, মনে কাহো নাহি আলম্বন ।

উদ্বেগ, বিষাদ, মতি, ঔৎসুক্য, ত্রাস, ধৃতি, স্মৃতি, নানা-ভাবের হইল মিলন ॥ ৪৯ ॥

karite aiche vilāpa, uṭhila udvega, bhāva,

mane kāho nāhi ālambana

udvega, viṣāda, mati, autsukya, trāsa, dhṛti, smṛti,

nānā-bhāvera ha-ila milana

Translation

While Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lamented in this way, agitation and ecstasy awoke in His mind, and He became very restless. Many transcendental ecstasies combined in Him, including anxiety, lamentation, attention, eagerness, fear, determination and remembrance.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Many Ecstasies Combine in His Lamentation

1
As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lamented, agitation and ecstasy awoke in His mind, making Him very restless.
2
Many transcendental ecstasies combined in Him rather than appearing separately.
3
These included anxiety, lamentation, attention, eagerness, fear, determination and remembrance.

How it feels

Inconceivable ecstatic absorption. The Lord’s overwhelming love manifests extraordinary bodily changes.

The mood of Antya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the seventeenth chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went out one night without opening the doors to His room. After crossing over three walls, He fell down among some cows belonging to the district of Tailaṅga. There He remained unconscious, assuming the aspect of a tortoise.

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karitedoing
aichesuch
vilāpalamentation
uṭhilathere arose
udvegaagitation
bhāvaecstasy
manein the mind
kāhoanywhere

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lamented”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does noticing these many ecstasies deepen your attention to His lamentation?

Practice

Read the list of ecstasies slowly, noticing how many different feelings are present together.

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