36 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 9

punthi pafia prabhura haila dnanda apara
kampdsru-sveda-stambha-pulaka vikara

SYNONYMS
punthi pafd—getting that scripture; prabhura—of Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; haila—there was; dnanda—happiness; apara—unlimited; kampa—
trembling; asru—tears; sveda—perspiration; stambha—being stunned; pulaka—
jubilation; vikadra--transformations.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahdprabhu was greatly happy to find a chapter of that scrip-
ture, and symptoms of ecstatic transformation—trembling, tears, perspira-
tion, trance and jubilation—were manifest in His body.

TEXTS 239-240

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siddhanta-sastra nahi ‘brahma-samhita’ra sama
govinda-mahima jfidnera parama kdrana

alpaksare kahe siddhanta apdara
sakala-vaisnava-sastra-madhye ati sara

SYNONYMS

siddhanta-sastra—conclusive scripture; nahi—there is not; brahma-samhitara
sama—like the scripture Brahma-sarnhita; govinda-makima—of the glories of Lord
Govinda; jfAdnera—of knowledge; parama—final; kdarana—cause; alpa-aksare—
briefly; kahe—expresses; siddhanta—conclusion; apara—unlimited; sakala—all;
vaisnava-sastra—devotional scriptures; madhye—among; ati sara—very essential.

TRANSLATION

There is no scripture equal to the Brahma-samhita as far as the final spiritual
conclusion is concerned. Indeed, that scripture is the supreme revelation of
the glories of Lord Govinda, for it reveals the topmost knowledge about Him.
Since all conclusions are briefly presented in Brahma-samhiti, it is essential
among all the Vaisnava literatures.
