1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.13
হস্ত, পদ, শির, সব শরীর-ভিতরে ।
প্রবিষ্ট হয় — কূর্মরূপ দেখিয়ে প্রভুরে ॥ ১৩ ॥
hasta, pada, śira saba śarīra-bhitare
praviṣṭa haya — kūrma-rūpa dekhiye prabhure
Sometimes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s hands, legs and head would all enter within His body, just like the withdrawn limbs of a tortoise.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sometimes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s hands and legs entered within His body.
His head would also enter within His body.
The translation compares this condition to the withdrawn limbs of a tortoise.
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:
Thus he has also described some of the pastimes of the antya-līlā. Why he has done so is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand.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.
How does the comparison with a tortoise help you understand the description?
Reread the verse and identify exactly what the tortoise comparison describes.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Madhya 2.13? Get an answer from the verses themselves.