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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.70
এই ত’ কহিলুঁ ‘কূর্মাকৃতি’-অনুভাব ।
উন্মাদ-চেষ্টিত তাতে উন্মাদ-প্রলাপ ॥ ৭০ ॥
ei ta’ kahiluṅ ‘kūrmākṛti’-anubhāva
unmāda-ceṣṭita tāte unmāda-pralāpa
Thus I have described Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic transformation of becoming like a tortoise. In that ecstasy, He talked and acted like a madman.
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The author concludes his description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s tortoise-like transformation.
This bodily transformation occurred in ecstasy.
In that ecstasy, He talked and acted like a madman; the surrounding verses place these uncommon activities in the context of deep love for Kṛṣṇa.
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
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.Back to this verse in Antya 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “love for krsna”
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How does the context of ecstatic love shape my reading of this unusual transformation?
Reread this verse alongside the preceding description of the depth of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.
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