188 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

TRANSLATION

The luster of His expansive body resembles molten gold. The deep sound of His
voice conquers the thundering of newly assembled clouds.

TEXT 42

Cre s-faesica CAS SUA EIS |
Difa Sw eH ARYA’ FAVS 0 Br Ut

dairghya-vistare yei Gpanara hata
cari hasta haya ‘mahda-purusa’ vikhyata

SYNONYMS
dairghya—in length; vistare—and in breadth; ye/—who; dpandra—of his own;
hata—hand; cadri—four; hasta—cubits; haya—is; mahd-purusa—as a great personality;
vikhyata—celebrated.
TRANSLATION

One who measures four cubits in height and in breadth by his own hand is cele-
brated as a great personality.

TEXT 43

scatefraen’ Ex Sta ata |
Dearraifangn-Sy CoSwH Qewsy ii So

‘nyagrodha-parimandala’ haya tanra ndma
nyagrodha-parimandala-tanu caitanya guna-dhama

SYNONYMS

nyagrodha-parimandala—nyagrodha-parimandala; haya—is; tarira—of him; ndma—
the name; nyagrodha-parimandala—nyagrodha-parimandala; tanu—having such a
body; caftanya—Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gura-dhdma—the abode of good
qualities.
TRANSLATION

Such a person is called ‘‘nyagrodha-parimandala.” Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who
personifies all good qualities, has the body of a nyagrodha-parimandala.

PURPORT

No one other than the Supreme Lord Himself, who has engaged the conditioned
souls by His own illusory energy, can possess these bodily features. These features
certainly indicate an incarnation of Visnu and no one else.
