17.7
vayu-vyadhi-cchale kaila prema parakasa
bhakta-gana lana kaila vividha vilasa
SYNONYMS
vayu-vyadhi—disease caused by disturbance of the air in the body; chale—on the plea of; kaila—made; prema—love of Godhead; parakasa—manifestation; bhakta-gana—the devotees; lana—taking with Him; kaila—did; vividha—varieties of; vilasa—pastimes.
In His youth, the Lord exhibited His ecstatic love of Krsna on the plea of disturbances of the bodily airs.
Accompanied by His confidential devotees, He enjoyed various pastimes in this way.
PURPORT
According to Ayur-vedic treatment, the entire physiological system is conducted by three elements, namely, vayu, pitta and kapha (air, bile and mucus).
Secretions within the body transform into other secretions like blood, urine and stool, but if there are disturbances in the metabolism, the secretions turn into kapha (mucus) by the influence of the air within the body.
According to the Ayur-vedic system, when the secretion of bile and formation of mucus disturb the air circulating within the body, fifty-nine varieties of disease may occur.
One of such diseases is craziness.
On the plea of disturbance of the bodily air and metabolism, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu acted as if crazy.
Thus in His school He began to explain the grammar of verbs through Krsna consciousness.
Explaining everything in grammar in relationship to Krsna, the Lord induced His students to refrain from worldly education, for it is better to become Krsna conscious and in this way attain the highest perfectional platform of education.
On these grounds, Sri Jiva Gosvami later compiled the grammar entitled Hari-namamrta-vyakarana.
People in general consider such explanations crazy.
Therefore the Lord’s purpose in His attitude of craziness was to explain that there is nothing within our experience but Krsna consciousness, for everything may be dovetailed with Krsna consciousness.
These pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu have been very vividly described in the Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya-khanda, Chapter One.