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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.125
চটক-পর্বত দেখি’ প্রভুর ধাবন ।
তার মধ্যে প্রভুর কিছু প্রলাপ-বর্ণন ॥ ১২৫ ॥
caṭaka-parvata dekhi’ prabhura dhāvana
tāra madhye prabhura kichu pralāpa-varṇana
Also in that chapter is a description of how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ran toward Caṭaka-parvata and spoke like a madman.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The chapter describes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu running toward Caṭaka-parvata.
It also recounts how He spoke like a madman.
The neighbouring summaries describe His attraction to Kṛṣṇa and His ecstatic emotions, giving context to this extraordinary behaviour.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
The mood of Antya 20 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:
Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years. After hinting about the Lord’s disappearance, the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta gives a short description of the entire Antya-līlā and then ends his book.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the surrounding description of devotion help you approach this unusual behaviour with care?
Read this translation alongside the nearby descriptions of His attraction to Kṛṣṇa.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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