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The Transcendental Madness of Lord Caitanya
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TEXT 30
রাসে রাধা লঞা কৃষ্ণ অস্তর্ধান কৈলা। পাছে সখীগণ যৈছে চাহি’ বেড়াইলা ॥ ৩০ ॥
rāse rādhā lañā kṛṣṇa antardhāna kailā pāche sakhī-gaṇa yaiche cāhi’ beḍāilā
SYNONYMS
rāse —in the  rāsa  dance;  rādhā —Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī;  lañā —taking;  kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  antardhāna kailā —disappeared;  pāche —afterward;  sakhī-gaṇa —all the  gopīs ;  yaiche —as;  cāhi’ —looking;  beḍāilā —wandered.
TRANSLATION
After Kṛṣṇa disappeared with Rādhārāṇī during the  rāsa  dance, the  gopīs  wandered in the forest looking for Him. In the same way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wandered in that garden by the sea.
TEXT 31
সেই ভাবাবেশে প্রভু প্রতি-তরুলতা। শ্লোক পড়ি’ পড়ি’ চাহি’ বুলে যথা তথা ॥ ৩১ ॥
sei bhāvāveśe prabhu prati-taru-latā śloka paḍi’ paḍi’ cāhi’ bule yathā tathā
SYNONYMS
sei —that;  bhāva-āveśe —in ecstasy;  prabhu —Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  prati-taru-latā —each tree and creeper;  śloka paḍi’ paḍi’ —reciting verses;  cāhi’ —inquiring;  bule —wanders;  yathā tathā —here and there.
TRANSLATION
Absorbed in the ecstatic mood of the  gopīs , Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wandered here and there. He began to inquire after Kṛṣṇa by quoting verses to all the trees and creepers.
PURPORT
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then quoted the following three verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.30.9,7,8).