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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 2]
bhinna —separated;  haye —become;  carma —skin;  rahe —remains;  sthāne —in the place.
TRANSLATION
The joints of His hands and legs would sometimes become separated by eight inches, and they remained connected only by the skin.
TEXT 13
হস্ত, পদ, শির, সব শরীর-ভিতরে।
প্রবিষ্ট হয়—কুর্মক্রপ দেখিয়ে প্রভুরে ॥ ১৩ ॥
hasta, pada, śira, saba śarīra-bhitare praviṣṭa haya—kūrma-rūpa dekhiye prabhure
SYNONYMS
hasta —the hands;  pada —the legs;  śira —head;  saba —all;  śarīra —the body;  bhitare —within;  praviṣṭa —entered;  haya —is;  kūrma-rūpa —like a tortoise;  dekhiye —one sees;  prabhure —the Lord.
TRANSLATION
Sometimes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's hands, legs and head would all enter within His body, just like the withdrawn limbs of a tortoise.
TEXT 14
এই মত অন্তুত-ভাব শরীরে প্রকাশ ।
মনেতে শূল্যতা, বাক্যে হাহা-হতাশ ॥ ১৪ ॥
ei mata adbhuta-bhāva śarīre prakāśa manete śūnyatā, vākye hā-hā-hutāśa
SYNONYMS
ei mata —in this way;  adbhuta —wonderful;  bhāva —ecstasy;  śarīre —in the body;  prakāśa —manifestation;  manete —in the mind;  śūnyatā —vacancy;  vākye —in speaking;  hā-hā —despondency;  hutāśa —disappointment.
TRANSLATION
In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to manifest wonderful ecstatic symptoms. His mind appeared vacant, and there were only hopelessness and disappointment in His words.