Text 56] The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Caitanya
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ground beneath the column of the Garuḍa-stambha was a deep ditch, and that ditch was filled with the water of His tears.
PURPORT
In front of the temple of Jagannātha is a column on which the statue of Garuḍa is situated. It is called the Garuḍa-stambha. Behind that column is a ditch, and that ditch was filled with the tears of the Lord.
TEXT 55
তাহাঁ হেতে ঘরে আসি, মাটীর উপরে বসি, 
    মখে করে পুথিবী লিখন । 
    হা-হা কাহাঁ বৃন্দাবন, কাহাঁ গোপেন্দ্রনন্দন, 
    কাহাঁ সেই বংশীবদন ॥ ৫৫ ॥
tāhāṅ haite ghare āsi', māṭīra upare vasi', 
    nakhe kare pṛthivī likhana 
    hā-hā kāhāṅ vṛndāvana, kāhāṅ gopendra-nandana, 
    kāhāṅ sei vaṁśī-vadana
SYNONYMS
tāhāṅ haite—from there; ghare āsi'—coming back home; māṭīra—the ground; upare—upon; vasi'—sitting; nakhe—by the nails; kare—does; pṛthivī—on the surface of the earth; likhana—marking; hā-hā—alas; kāhāṅ—where is; vṛndāvana—Vṛndāvana; kāhāṅ—where; gopa-indra-nandana—the son of the King of the cowherd men; kāhāṅ—where; sei—that; vaṁśī-vadana—the person with the flute.
TRANSLATION
When coming from the Jagannātha temple to return to His house, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to sit on the ground and mark it with His nails. At such times He would be greatly morose and would cry, "Alas, where is Vṛndāvana? Where is Kṛṣṇa, the son of the King of the cowherd men? Where is that person who plays the flute?"
TEXT 56
কাহাঁ সে ত্রিভঙ্গঠাম, কাহাঁ সেই বেণুগান, 
    কাহাঁ সেই যমুনা-পুলিন ।