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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.52
শরীর দীঘল তার — হাত পাঁচ-সাত ।
একেক-হস্ত-পদ তার, তিন তিন হাত ॥ ৫২ ॥
śarīra dīghala tāra — hāta pāṅca-sāta
ekeka-hasta-pada tāra, tina tina hāta
“The body of this ghost is very long, five to seven cubits. Each of its arms and legs is as much as three cubits long.
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The speaker describes the body as very long—five to seven cubits.
Each arm and leg is described as being as much as three cubits long.
He continues to call it a ghost while reporting its extraordinary dimensions.
Desperate longing and relief. Mistaking the sea for Yamunā, the Lord enters it; devotees find and revive Him.
The mood of Antya 18 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 soon as the fisherman touched the Lord’s body, he became mad in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa. His own madness frightened him, however, because he thought that he was being haunted by a ghost.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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How do the unusual dimensions help you understand the speaker's alarm?
Read the measurements slowly, distinguishing the physical description from the speaker's label of “ghost.”
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