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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.18
গ্রহগ্রস্তপ্রায় নকুল প্রেমাবিষ্ট হঞা ।
হাসে, কান্দে, নাচে, গায় উন্মত্ত হঞা ॥ ১৮ ॥
graha-grasta-prāya nakula premāviṣṭa hañā
hāse, kānde, nāce, gāya unmatta hañā
Nakula Brahmacārī became exactly like a man haunted by a ghost. Thus he sometimes laughed, sometimes cried, sometimes danced and sometimes chanted like a madman.
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Nakula Brahmacārī sometimes laughed, sometimes cried, sometimes danced and sometimes chanted.
His behavior is compared to that of a man haunted by a ghost; this is a comparison, not a statement that a ghost possessed him.
The following verse describes these extraordinary expressions as bodily transformations of transcendental love.
Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.
The mood of Antya 2 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:
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, wanted to explain direct meetings with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, meetings with those empowered by Him, and His āvirbhāva appearance. Thus he described the glories of Nṛsiṁhānanda and other devotees.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanted”
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”
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How does the description of transcendental love help me understand Nakula Brahmacārī’s unusual behavior?
Read this verse together with the next, noting how the next verse explains his behavior.
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