Text 15]
The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
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TRANSLATION
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya considered: “The uncommon ecstatic symptoms of adhirūḍha-bhāva are appearing in the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This is very wonderful! How are they possible in the body of a human being?”
PURPORT
Adhirūḍha-bhāva , or  adhirūḍha-mahābhāva , is explained in the  Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi  by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura quotes Rūpa Gosvāmī as follows: “The loving propensity of the  āśraya  (devotee) toward the  viṣaya  (Lord) becomes so ecstatic that even after enjoying the company of the beloved, the devotee feels that his enjoyment is insufficient. At such a time, the lover sees the beloved in different ways. Such a development of ecstasy is called  anurāga . When  anurāga  reaches its highest limit and becomes perceivable in the body, it is called  bhāva . When the bodily symptoms are not very distinct, however, the emotional state is still called  anurāga , not  bhāva . When  bhāva  ecstasy is intensified, it is called  mahābhāva . The symptoms of  mahābhāva  are visible only in the bodies of eternal associates like the  gopīs .”
TEXT 14
এত চিন্তি’ ভট্টাচার্য আছেন বসিন্না । নিত্যানন্দাদি সিংহদ্বারে মিলিল আসিন্না ॥ ১৪ ॥
eta cinti’ bhaṭṭācārya āchena vasiyā nityānandādi siṁha-dvāre milila āsiyā
SYNONYMS
eta cinti' —thinking like this;  bhaṭṭācārya —Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya;  āchena —was;  vasiyā —sitting;  nityānanda-ādi —all the devotees, headed by Nityānanda Prabhu;  siṁha-dvāre —at the entrance door of the Jagannātha Temple;  milila —met;  āsiyā —coming.
TRANSLATION
While the Bhaṭṭācārya was thinking in this way at his home, all the devotees of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, headed by Nityānanda Prabhu, approached the Siṁha-dvāra [the entrance door of the temple].
TEXT 15
তাঁহা শুনে লোকে কহে অক্সাক্সে বাত্ । এক সন্ন্যাসী আসি’ দেখি’ জগন্নাথ ॥ ১৫ ॥