182 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 5

TRANSLATION

All the devotees became ecstatic in the association of Lord Caitanya, and
thus absorbed in love of God, they were dancing and singing while going
along the main road.

TEXT 146

RICH, FICM, ACH AAG GSI Aha |
fsacap tet tel CReT ASI CATA |i Ss |

hase, kande, nace prabhu hunkara garjana
tina-krosa patha haila——sahasra yojana

SYNONYMS
hase—laughs; kande—cries; nmace—dances; prabhu—Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; hunkdra—ecstatic vibrations; gariana—resonations; tina-krosa—six
miles; patha—the way; haila—became; sahasra yojana—thousands of miles.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu laughed, cried, danced and made many ecstatic
vibrations and sounds. Although the temple was only six miles away, to Him
the distance seemed thousands of miles.

PURPORT

When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was in ecstasy, He considered one moment to
last as long as twelve years. After seeing the Jagannatha temple from a distant
place, the Lord became so ecstatic that He considered the six-mile path many
thousands of miles long.

TEXT 147

piece piACS ety teen sree |
Srial ali oe fag are clei feteni i 9804

calite calite prabhu dila ‘atharanala’
tahan asi’ prabhu kichu bahya prakdasila

SYNONYMS
calite calite—walking in this way; prabhu—the Lord; aila—arrived; athdra-
nala—at a place known as Atharanala; tahari—there; 4si’—coming; prabhu—the
Lord; kichu—some; bahya—external consciousness; prakasila—expressed.
