Text 15] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 199

TRANSLATION

Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya considered: ‘‘The uncommon ecstatic symptoms
of adhirddha-bhava are appearing in the body of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
This is very wonderful! How are they possible in the body of a human being?”

PURPORT

Adhirddha-bhava, or adhiradha-mahabhava, is explained in the Ujjvala-nilamani
by Srila Ripa Gosvami. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura quotes Ripa
Gosvami as follows: “The loving propensity of the asraya (devotee) toward the
visaya (Lord) becomes so ecstatic that even after enjoying the company of the
beloved, the devotee feels that his enjoyment is insufficient. At such a time, the
lover sees the beloved in different ways. Such a development of ecstasy is called
anurdga. When anurdga reaches its highest limit and becomes perceivable in the
body, it is called bhava. When the bodily symptoms are not very distinct,
however, the emotional state is still called anurdéga, not bhava. When bhava
ecstasy is intensified, it is called mahabhava. The symptoms of mahdbhdava are visi-
ble only in the bodies of eternal associates like the gopis.”

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eta cinti’ bhattacarya achena vasiyd
nityanandadi sirha-dvare milila asiya

SYNONYMS
eta cinti’—thinking like this; bhattacarya —Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; achena—
was; vasiyd—sitting; nityananda-ddi—all the devotees, headed by Nitydénanda
Prabhu; simha-dvare—at the entrance door of the Jagannatha Temple; milila—
met; dsiyd —coming.
TRANSLATION

While the Bhattacarya was thinking in this way at his home, all the devotees
of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, headed by Nityananda Prabhu, approached the
Simha-dvara [the entrance door of the temple].

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