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The Transcendental Madness of Lord Caitanya
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TRANSLATION
There He exhibited transcendental madness and ecstatic ravings, which Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī has described very nicely in his Stava-mālā as follows.
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পয়োরাশেন্তীরে ফুরদুপবনালীকলনয়া মুহুর্দ্দারণ্যস্মরণজনিতপ্রেমবিবশঃ। কচিং কৃষ্ণাবৃত্তিপ্রচলরসনো ভক্তিরসিকঃ স চৈতন্যঃ কিং মে পুনরপি দৃশ্যের্যাস্ততি পদম্ ॥৯৭॥
payorāśes tīre sphurad-upavanālī-kalanayā muhur vṛndāraṇya-smaraṇa-janita-prema-vivaśaḥ kvacit kṛṣṇāvṛtti-pracala-rasano bhakti-rasikaḥ sa caitanyaḥ kim 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 .
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অনন্ত চৈতন্যলীলা না যায় লিখন । দিত্বাত্ত দেখাঞ্য তাহা করিয়ে সূচন ॥ ৯৮ ॥