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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.3
এইমত মহাপ্রভু কৃষ্ণপ্রেমাবেশে ।
উন্মাদ-প্রলাপ করে রাত্রি-দিবসে ॥ ৩ ॥
ei-mate mahāprabhu kṛṣṇa-premāveśe
unmāda-pralāpa kare rātri-divase
In the ecstasy of love of Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu thus behaved like a madman, talking insanely all day and night.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was absorbed in the ecstasy of love of Kṛṣṇa.
In that ecstasy, He behaved like a madman and spoke in a way described as insane.
This expression of His love continued all day and night.
Longing beyond ordinary categories. Extreme separation alternates with moments of visionary encounter.
The mood of Antya 19 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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read it, His ecstasy was so great that all the devotees feared that the Lord would very soon pass away. The Lord’s condition was so serious that at night He would bruise and bloody His face by rubbing it against the walls.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”
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How does knowing that love of Kṛṣṇa is the source of His behavior shape your reading?
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