316 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila, Ch. 21

PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu admitted that He was speaking like a madman, which
He should not have done for the understanding of those who are externally situ-
ated. Statements about Krsna’s body, His characteristics and His flute would ap-
pear like a madman’s statements to a mundane person. It was actually a fact that
Krsna wanted to expose Himself to Sandatana Gosvami due to His specific mercy
upon him. Somehow or other, Krsna explained Himself and His flute to Sanatana
Gosvami through the mouth of $ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who appeared as
though mad. $ri Caitanya Mahdprabhu admitted that He wanted to tell Sandtana
Gosvami something else, but somehow or other, in a transcendental ecstasy, He
spoke of a different subject matter.

TEXT 146
arfa © ata, ata afar ata sie |
SCBA AYNISCANTS TE afB i s8w i

ami ta’ baula, ana kahite ana kahi
krsnera madhuryamrta-srote yai vahi’

SYNONYMS

ami ta’ baula—t am a madman; ana kahite—to speak something; ana kahi—I
speak on something else; krsnera—of Lord Krsna; madhurya-amrta—of the nectar
of the sweetness; srote—in the waves of; yai—! go; vahi’—being carried away.

TRANSLATION

“Since | have become a madman, | am saying one thing instead of another.
This is because | am being carried away by the waves of the nectarean ocean
of Lord Krsna’s transcendental sweetness.”

TEXT 147

SLA TAIAT BES Hla HH? Ace |
FLA AS Sig Aas ASA FZ Il 389 I

tabe mahaprabhu ksaneka mauna kari’ rahe
mane eka kari’ punah sanatane kahe

SYNONYMS

tabe—thereupon; mahaprabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ksaneka—for a
moment; mauna—silence; kari’—making; rahe —remained; mane—within His
