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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.11
কাহাঁ নাহি শুনি যেই ভাবের বিকার ।
সেই ভাব হয় প্রভুর শরীরে প্রচার ॥ ১১ ॥
kāhāṅ nāhi śuni yei bhāvera vikāra
sei bhāva haya prabhura śarīre pracāra
The extraordinary transformations of the body due to transcendental feelings would never have been possible for anyone but the Lord, in whose body all transformations were manifest.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The ecstatic bodily transformations described in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu are practically not seen in this material world. They were perfectly present in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
These symptoms indicate mahābhāva, the highest ecstasy. The author states that these symptoms are not found anywhere but in the Lord’s body.
Sometimes sahajiyās artificially imitate these symptoms. Experienced devotees immediately reject such imitations.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Overwhelming divine separation. A preview of the last years reveals the Lord’s intense separation from Kṛṣṇa.
The mood of Madhya 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:
In the second chapter of the Madhya-līlā, the author describes the pastimes the Lord performed during the last twelve years of His life. Thus he has also described some of the pastimes of the antya-līlā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 2
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Why is it important to distinguish the Lord’s ecstatic symptoms from artificial imitation?
Write one sentence explaining why outward imitation is not the same as the ecstasy described here.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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