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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 20.63
এইমত মহাপ্রভু ভাবাবিষ্ট হঞা ।
প্রলাপ করিলা তত্তৎ শ্লোক পড়িয়া ॥ ৬৩ ॥
ei-mata mahāprabhu bhāvāviṣṭa hañā
pralāpa karilā tat-tat śloka paḍiyā
Thus overwhelmed by ecstatic love, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke like a madman and recited suitable verses.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was overwhelmed by ecstatic love.
In that love, He spoke like a madman. The passage describes His speech as an expression of devotional ecstasy.
He also recited verses suitable to the love He was experiencing.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Sometimes He recited verses from Jayadeva Gosvāmī’s Gīta-govinda, from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, from Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya’s Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka or from Śrī Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. In this way, He became absorbed in ecstatic emotions.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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