316
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 21]
PURPORT
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu admitted that He was speaking like a madman, which He should not have done for the understanding of those who are externally situated. Statements about Kṛṣṇa's body, His characteristics and His flute would appear like a madman's statements to a mundane person. It was actually a fact that Kṛṣṇa wanted to expose Himself to Sanātana Gosvāmī due to His specific mercy upon him. Somehow or other, Kṛṣṇa explained Himself and His flute to Sanātana Gosvāmī through the mouth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who appeared as though mad. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu admitted that He wanted to tell Sanātana Gosvāmī something else, but somehow or other, in a transcendental ecstasy, He spoke of a different subject matter.
TEXT 146
আমি ত' বাউল, আন কহিতে আন কহি। কৃষ্ণের মাধুর্যামৃতস্রোতে যাই বহি' ॥ ১৪৬ ॥
āmi ta' bāula, āna kahite āna kahi kṛṣṇera mādhuryāmṛta-srote yāi vahi'
SYNONYMS
āmi ta' bāula—I am a madman; āna kahite—to speak something; āna kahi—I speak on something else; kṛṣṇera—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; mādhurya-amṛta—of the nectar of the sweetness; srote—in the waves of; yāi—I go; vahi'—being carried away.
TRANSLATION
“Since I have become a madman, I am saying one thing instead of another. This is because I am being carried away by the waves of the nectarean ocean of Lord Kṛṣṇa's transcendental sweetness.”
TEXT 147
তবে মহাপ্রভু ক্ষণেক মোন করি' রহে। মনে এক করি' পুনঃ সনাতনে কহে ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu kṣaṇeka mauna kari' rahe mane eka kari' punaḥ sanātane kahe
SYNONYMS
tabe—thereupon; mahāprabhu—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kṣaṇeka—for a moment; mauna—silence; kari'—making; rahe—remained; mane—within His