Madhya-līlāChapter 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 19.99

prabhu kahena, — kaha, teńho paḍe kṛṣṇa-līlā

premāveśe prabhura deha-mana āyuyāilā

SYNONYMS

prabhu kahenaŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said; kaha — please go on speaking; teńhohe; paḍe — recites; kṛṣṇa-līlā — the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa; prema-āveśein great ecstasy of love; prabhura — of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; deha-mana — body and mind; āyuyāilā — became slackened.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Raghupati Upādhyāya to continue speaking about the pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Thus the Lord was absorbed in ecstatic love, and His mind and body slackened.

PURPORT

Our minds and bodies are always engaged in material activities. When they are activated on the spiritual platform, they slacken on the material platform.

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