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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.6
রোমকূপে রক্তোদগম, দন্ত সব হালে ।
ক্ষণে অঙ্গ ক্ষীণ হয়, ক্ষণে অঙ্গ ফুলে ॥ ৬ ॥
roma-kūpe raktodgama, danta saba hāle
kṣaṇe aṅga kṣīṇa haya, kṣaṇe aṅga phule
Blood flowed from all the pores of His body, and all His teeth were loosened. At one moment His whole body became slender, and at another moment His whole body became fat.
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Blood flowed from all the pores of His body.
All His teeth were loosened.
At one moment His whole body became slender, and at another it became fat.
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
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