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Chapter 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Verse 97 of 99
Cc Antya 15.97

পযোরাশেস্তীরে স্ফুরদুপবনালীকলনযা মুহুর্বৃন্দারণ্যস্মরণজনিতপ্রেমবিবশঃ ক্বচিত্কৃষ্ণাবৃত্তিপ্রচলরসনো ভক্তিরসিকঃ স চৈতন্যঃ কিং মে পুনরপি দৃশোর্যাস্যতি পদম্

पयोराशेस्तीरे स्फुरदुपवनालीकलनया मुहुर्वृन्दारण्यस्मरणजनितप्रेमविवशः क्वचित्कृष्णावृत्तिप्रचलरसनो भक्तिरसिकः स चैतन्यः किं मे पुनरपि दृशोर्यास्यति पदम्

payorāśes tīre sphurad-upavanālī-kalanayā muhur vṛndāraṇya-smaraṇa-janita-prema-vivaśaḥ kvacit kṛṣṇāvṛtti-pracala-rasano bhakti-rasikaḥ sa caitanyaḥ kiṁ me punarapi dṛśor yāsyati padam

Synonyms

payaḥ-rāśeḥ—by the sea; tīre—on the beach; sphurat—beautiful; upavanālī—garden; kalanayā—by seeing; muhuḥ—continuously; vṛndāraṇya—the forest of Vṛndāvana; smaraṇa-janita—by remembering; prema-vivaśaḥ—being overwhelmed by ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa; kvacit—sometimes; kṛṣṇa—of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa; āvṛtti—repetition; pracala—busily engaged in; rasanaḥ—whose tongue; bhakti-rasikaḥ—expert in devotional service; saḥ—that; caitanyaḥ—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kim—whether; me—my; punarapi—again; dṛśoḥ—of the eyes; yāsyati—will go; padam—in the path..

Translation

"Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the topmost of all devotees. Sometimes, while walking on the beach, He would see a beautiful garden nearby and mistake it for the forest of Vṛndāvana. Thus He would be completely overwhelmed by ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa and begin to dance and chant the holy name. His tongue worked incessantly as He chanted, 'Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!' Will He again become visible before the path of My eyes?"

Purport

This quotation is from the first Caitanyāṣṭaka, verse 6, in Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's Stava-mālā.

Verse 97 of 99