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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.26
ঈশ্বর-দর্শনে প্রভু প্রেমে অচেতন ।
সার্বভৌম লঞা গেলা আপন-ভবন ॥ ২৬ ॥
īśvara-darśane prabhu preme acetana
sārvabhauma lañā gelā āpana-bhavana
“Upon seeing Lord Jagannātha, Caitanya Mahāprabhu became ecstatic and fell unconscious, and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya has taken Him to his home in this condition.
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Upon seeing Lord Jagannātha, Caitanya Mahāprabhu became ecstatic.
In that ecstasy, He fell unconscious.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya took Him to his home while He was in this condition.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya then took Him to his home. Meanwhile, Gopīnātha Ācārya, the brother-in-law of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, met Mukunda Datta and talked to him about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s acceptance of sannyāsa and His journey to Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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