CHAPTER 17
The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura gives the following summary of this Seventeenth Chapter in his  Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya . Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went out one night without opening the doors to His room. After crossing over three walls, He fell down among some cows belonging to the district of Tailanga. There He remained unconscious, assuming the aspect of a tortoise.
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লিখ্যতে শ্রীল-গৌরন্দোরত্যন্ত তমলোকিকম্ । যৈদ্ ষ্টং তন্মুখাচ্ছ্র ত্বা দিব্যোন্মাদ-বিচেষ্টিতম্ ॥ ১ ॥
likhyate śrīla-gaurendor atyadbhutam alaukikam yair dṛṣṭaṁ tan-mukhāc chrutvā divyonmāda-viceṣṭitam
SYNONYMS
likhyate —they are being written;  śrīla —most opulent;  gaura —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  indoḥ —moonlike;  ati —very;  adbhutam —wonderful;  alaukikam —uncommon;  yaiḥ —by whom;  dṛṣṭaṁ —personally seen;  tat-mukhāt —from their mouths;  śrutvā —after hearing;  divya-unmāda —in transcendental madness;  viceṣṭitam —activities.
TRANSLATION
I am simply trying to write about Lord Gauracandra's transcendental activities and spiritual madness, which are very wonderful and uncommon. I dare to write of them only because I have heard from the mouths of those who have personally seen the Lord's activities.
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জয় জয় শ্রীচৈতন্য জয় নিত্যানন্দ । জয়াদ্বৈতচন্দ্র জয় গৌরভক্তবৃন্দ ॥ ২ ॥
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