CHAPTER 15
The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
The following is a summary of the Fifteenth Chapter of  Antya-lilā . After seeing the  upala-bhoga  ceremony of Lord Jagannātha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu once more began to feel ecstatic emotions. When He saw the garden on the beach by the sea, He again thought that He was in Vṛndāvana, and when He began to think of Kṛṣṇa engaging in His different pastimes, transcendental emotions excited Him again. On the night of the  rāsa  dance, the  gopīs , bereaved by Kṛṣṇa's absence, searched for Kṛṣṇa from one forest to another. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu adopted the same transcendental thoughts as the  gopīs  and was filled with ecstatic emotion. Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī recited a verse from  Gīta-govinda  just suitable to the Lord's emotions. Caitanya Mahāprabhu then exhibited the ecstatic transformations known as  bhāvodaya ,  bhāva-sandhi ,  bhāva-śābalya  and so on. The Lord experienced all eight kinds of ecstatic transformations, and He relished them very much.
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দুর্গমে কৃষ্ণভাবাক্কৌ নিমগ্নোন্মগ্নচেতস। গৌরেণ হরিণা প্রেমমর্যাদা ভুরি দর্শিতা ॥ ১ ॥
durgame kṛṣṇa-bhāvābdhau nimagnonmagna-cetasā gaureṇa hariṇā prema- maryādā bhūri darśitā
SYNONYMS
durgame —very difficult to understand;  kṛṣṇa-bhāva-abdhau —in the ocean of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa;  nimagna —submerged;  unmagna-cetasā —His heart being absorbed;  gaureṇa —by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  hariṇā —by the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  prema-maryādā —the exalted position of transcendental love;  bhūri —in various ways;  darśitā —was exhibited.
TRANSLATION
The ocean of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa is very difficult to understand, even for such demigods as Lord Brahmā. By enacting His pastimes, Śrī Caitanya
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