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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.54
মড়া-রূপ ধরি’ রহে উত্তান-নয়ন ।
কভু গোঁ-গোঁ করে, কভু রহে অচেতন ॥ ৫৪ ॥
maḍā-rūpa dhari’ rahe uttāna-nayana
kabhu goṅ-goṅ kare, kabhu rahe acetana
“That ghost has taken the form of a corpse, but He keeps his eyes open. Sometimes He utters the sounds ‘goṅ-goṅ,’ and sometimes He remains unconscious.
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The speaker says the ghost has taken the form of a corpse, yet He keeps His eyes open.
Sometimes He utters the sounds “goṅ-goṅ.”
At other times He remains unconscious, adding to the speaker's bewildering account.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was unconscious, and His body had become unusually transformed. As soon as the fisherman touched the Lord’s body, he became mad in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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Which details make this more complex than the speaker's description of a corpse?
Reread the verse and note the open eyes, the sounds, and the periods of unconsciousness.
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