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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 18]
TEXT 53
অস্থি-সক্ষি ছুটিলে চর্ম করে নড়-বড়ে । তাহা দেখি' প্রাণ কা'র নাহি রহে ধড়ে ॥ ৫৩ ॥
asthi-sandhi chuṭile carma kare naḍa-baḍe tāhā dekhi' prāṇa kā'ra nāhi rahe dhaḍe
SYNONYMS
asthi-sandhi —the joints of the bones;  chuṭile —being separated;  carma —the skin;  kare —does;  naḍa-baḍe —hanging;  tāhā —that;  dekhi' —seeing;  prāṇa —life;  kā'ra —whose;  nāhi —does not;  rahe —remain;  dhaḍe —in the body.
TRANSLATION
“Its joints are all separated beneath the skin, which is completely slack. No one could see it and remain alive in his body.”
TEXT 54
মড়া-রূপ ধরি' রহে উত্তান-নয়ন । কভু গোঁ-গোঁ করে, কভু রহে অচেতন ॥ ৫৪ ॥
maḍā-rūpa dhari' rahe uttāna-nayana kabhu goṅ-goṅ kare, kabhu rahe acetana
SYNONYMS
maḍā —of a dead body;  rūpa —the form;  dhari' —accepting;  rahe —remains;  ut-tāna-nayana —with open eyes;  kabhu —sometimes;  goṅ-goṅ —the sound  goṅ-goṅ ;  kare —makes;  kabhu —sometimes;  rahe —remains;  acetana —unconscious.
TRANSLATION
“That ghost has taken the form of a corpse, but he keeps his eyes open. Sometimes he utters the sounds ‘goṅ-goṅ,’ and sometimes he remains unconscious.”
TEXT 55
সাক্ষাৎ দেখেছোঁ,—মোরে পাইল সেই ভুত । মুই মৈলে মোর কৈছে জীবে স্ত্রী-পুত্ ॥ ৫৫ ॥
sākṣāt dekhechoṅ,—more pāila sei bhūta mui maile mora kaiche jive strī-put