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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 2]
TEXT 72
স্তম্ভ, কম্প, প্রস্বেদ,      বৈবর্ণ্য, অশ্রু, স্বরভেদ, 
  দেহ হৈল পুলকে ব্যাপিত । 
  হাসে, কান্দে, নাচে, গায়,      উঠি ইতি উতি ধায়, 
  ক্ষণে ভুমে পড়িয়া মুর্দ্দিত ॥ ৭২ ॥
stambha, kampa, prasveda,      vaivarṇya, aśru, svara-bheda, 
  deha haila pulake vyāpita 
  hāse, kānde, nāce, gāya,      uṭhi' iti uti dhāya, 
  kṣaṇe bhūme paḍiyā mūrcchita
SYNONYMS
stambha —being stunned;  kampa —trembling;  prasveda —perspiration;  vaivarṇya —fading away of the color;  aśru —tears;  svara-bheda —choking of the voice;  deha —body;  haila —was;  pulake —in joy;  vyāpita —pervaded;  hāse —laughs;  kānde —cries;  nāce —dances;  gāya —sings;  uṭhi' —getting up;  iti uti —here and there;  dhāya —runs;  kṣaṇe —sometimes;  bhūme —on the ground;  paḍiyā —falling down;  mūrcchita —unconscious.
TRANSLATION
There were different transformations of the body of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu: being stunned, trembling, perspiring, fading away of color, weeping and choking. In this way His whole body was pervaded by transcendental joy. As a result, sometimes Caitanya Mahāprabhu would laugh, sometimes cry, sometimes dance and sometimes sing. Sometimes He would get up and run here and there, and sometimes fall on the ground and lose consciousness.
PURPORT
In  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu , eight kinds of transcendental change taking place in the body are described.  Stambha , being stunned, refers to the mind's becoming transcendentally absorbed. In that state, the peaceful mind is placed on the life air, and different bodily transformations are manifest. These symptoms are visible in the body of an advanced devotee. When life becomes almost inactive, it is called "stunned." The emotions resulting from this condition are joy, fear, astonishment, moroseness and anger. In this condition, the power of speech is lost, and there is no movement in the hands and legs.