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  "name":"Cc. Antya 17.70",
  "h1":"Cc. Antya 17.70",
  "label":"Text 70",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 17.70",
  "description":"Thus I have described Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's ecstatic transformation of becoming like a tortoise. In that ecstasy, He talked and acted like a madman."

} —

Cc. Antya 17.70

Text

ei ta' kahiluṅ 'kūrmākṛti'-anubhāva
unmāda-ceṣṭita tāte unmāda-pralāpa

Synonyms

ei ta' kahiluṅ—thus I have described; kūrma-ākṛti—of becoming like a tortoise; anubhāva—the ecstatic symptom; unmāda-ceṣṭita—enacted in madness; tāte—in that; unmāda-pralāpa—talking like a madman.

Translation

Thus I have described Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's ecstatic transformation of becoming like a tortoise. In that ecstasy, He talked and acted like a madman.