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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.9
শ্বাস-প্রশ্বাস নাহি উদর-স্পন্দন ।
দেখিয়া চিন্তিত হৈল ভট্টাচার্যের মন ॥ ৯ ॥
śvāsa-praśvāsa nāhi udara-spandana
dekhiyā cintita haila bhaṭṭācāryera mana
Examining the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Sārvabhauma saw that His abdomen was not moving and that He was not breathing. Seeing His condition, the Bhaṭṭācārya became very anxious.
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Sārvabhauma examined the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He saw that the Lord’s abdomen was not moving and that He was not breathing.
Seeing this condition, the Bhaṭṭācārya became very anxious.
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:
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. After hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s fainting and His being carried to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, people crowded there to see the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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