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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 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 17.71Antya 17.73

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.72

অনুদঘাট্য দ্বারত্রয়মুরু চ ভিত্তিত্রয়মহো বিলঙ্ঘ্যোচ্চৈঃ কালিঙ্গিক-সুরভিমধ্যে নিপতিতঃ ।

তনূদ্যৎসঙ্কোচাৎ কমঠ ইব কৃষ্ণোরুবিরহাদ্ বিরাজন্ গৌরাঙ্গো হৃদয় উদয়ন্মাং মদয়তি ॥ ৭২ ॥

anudghāṭya dvāra-trayam uru ca bhitti-trayam aho

vilaṅghyoccaiḥ kāliṅgika-surabhi-madhye nipatitaḥ

tanūdyat-saṅkocāt kamaṭha iva kṛṣṇoru-virahād

virājan gaurāṅgo hṛdaya udayan māṁ madayati

Translation

“How wonderful it is! Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left His residence without opening the three strongly bolted doors. Then He crossed over three high walls, and later, because of strong feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa, He fell down amidst the cows of the Tailaṅga district and retracted all the limbs of His body like a tortoise. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who appeared in that way, rises in my heart and maddens me.”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Separation from Kṛṣṇa Brings Wondrous Transformation

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left His residence without opening three strongly bolted doors and crossed three high walls.

  2. 2

    Because of strong separation from Kṛṣṇa, He fell among the cows of the Tailaṅga district and retracted all His limbs like a tortoise.

  3. 3

    The speaker marvels at this appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, saying that He rises in his heart and maddens him.

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

Further reading

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. anudghāṭyawithout opening
  2. dvāra-trayamthe three doors
  3. urustrong
  4. caand
  5. bhitti-trayamthree walls
  6. ahohow wonderful
  7. vilaṅghyacrossing over
  8. uccaiḥvery high
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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: “separation”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this account reveal to me about the intensity of His separation from Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read the verse slowly once, pausing at the words “strong feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa.”

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