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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.59
মুখে, গণ্ডে, নাকে ক্ষত হইল অপার ।
ভাবাবেশে না জানেন প্রভু, পড়ে রক্তধার ॥ ৫৯ ॥
mukhe, gaṇḍe, nāke kṣata ha-ila apāra
bhāvāveśe nā jānena prabhu, paḍe rakta-dhāra
Blood oozed from the many injuries on His mouth, nose and cheeks, but due to His ecstatic emotions, the Lord did not know it.
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The Lord had many injuries on His mouth, nose and cheeks.
Blood oozed from these injuries, but He was unaware of it.
The translation explains that His ecstatic emotions kept Him from knowing about the bleeding.
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:
The Lord’s condition was so serious that at night He would bruise and bloody His face by rubbing it against the walls. To stop this, Svarūpa Dāmodara asked Śaṅkara Paṇḍita to stay at night in the same room with the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s lack of awareness of His injuries deepen your understanding of His absorption?
Write one sentence describing the Lord’s spiritual absorption, keeping it distinct from the injuries themselves.
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