58 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 1
TRANSLATION

Just as Srimati Radharani talked inconsistently with a bumblebee in the
presence of Uddhava, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His ecstasy talked
crazily and inconsistently day and night.

PURPORT

This unmada (madness) is not ordinary madness. When Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu talked inconsistently, almost like a crazy fellow, He was in the
transcendental ecstasy of love. In the highest transcendental ecstasy there is
a feeling of being enchanted in the presence of the enchanter. When the
enchanter and the enchanted become separated, mohana, or bewilderment,
occurs. When so bewildered due to separation, one becomes stunned, and at
that time all the bodily symptoms of transcendental ecstasy are manifested.
When they are manifest, one appears inconceivably crazy. This is called tran-
scendental madness. In this state, there is imaginative discourse, and one ex-
periences emotions like those of a madman. The madness of $rimati
Radhdarani was explained to Krsna by Uddhava, who said, “My dear Krsna, be-
cause of extreme feelings of separation from You, Srimati Radhardnt is some-
times making Her bed in the groves of the forest, sometimes rebuking a bluish
cloud, and sometimes wandering about in the dense darkness of the forest.
Thus She has become like a crazy woman.”

TEXT 88
Uist OHH CHA ATG CHCA |
68 TS CAAT Fafautca Cee Nv I
dvadasa vatsara Sesa aiche gonaila
ei mata Sesa-lila tri-vidhane kaila
SYNONYMS

dvadasa—twelve; vatsara—years; Sesa—final; aiche—in that way;
gondila—passed away; ei mata—in this way; sesa-lila—the last pastimes; tri-
vidhane—in three ways; kaila—executed.

TRANSLATION

The last twelve years of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were passed in this
transcendental craziness. Thus He executed His last pastimes in three
ways.
