46 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila, Ch. 1

TRANSLATION

When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to the residence of Srila Rapa
Gosvami, He accidentally saw the palm leaf on the roof, and thus He read
the verse composed by him.

TEXT 67

CATS ofS rice aie BYfee SBai |
RATA ge BIH ACG Hate See! v9 i

sloka padi’ ache prabhu avista ha-iya
rdpa-gosafi asi’ pade dandavat hafid

SYNONYMS
sloka padi’—reading the verse; dche—remained; prabhu—the Lord;
avista—in an ecstatic mood; ha-iya—being; mpa-gosafi—Srila Rapa
Gosvaml; asi’—coming; pade—fell down; dandavat—like a rod; hafid—be-
coming.

TRANSLATION

After reading the verse, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went into an ecstatic
mood. While He was in that state, Srila Ripa Gosvami came and im-
mediately fell down on the floor like a rod.

PURPORT

The word danda means rod or pole. A rod or pole falls straight; similarly,
when one offers obeisances to his superior with all eight angas (parts) of the
body, he performs what is called dandavat. Sometimes we only speak of dan-
davats but actually do not fall down. In any case, dandavat means falling
down like a rod before one’s superior.

TEXT 68

By nates Sica vig aaa |
sface after FoR catrcercs sha vw ti

uthi’ mahdprabhu tahre capada mariya
kahite lagila kichu kolete kariya
