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svarupa, rupa, sanatana, raghunathera sri-carana, sire dhari’ kari yara asa

caitanya-caritamrta, amrta haite paramrta, gaya dina-hina krsnadasa

SYNONYMS

svarupa—Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; rupa—Srila Rupa Gosvami; sanatana—Sanatana Gosvami; raghunathera—of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami; sri-carana—the lotus feet; sire—on the head; dhari’-taking; kari yara asa—hoping for their mercy; caitanya-caritamrta—the book named Caitanya-caritamrta; amrta haite—than nectar; para-amrta—more nectarean; gaya—chants; dina-hina—the most wretched; krsnadasa—Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.

Expecting the mercy of Svarupa, Rupa, Sanatana and Raghunatha dasa, and taking their lotus feet on my head, I, the most fallen Krsnadasa, continue chanting the epic Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, which is sweeter than the nectar of transcendental bliss.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, Sixteenth Chapter, describing the nectar flowing from Sri Krsna’s lotus lips.

The Bodily Transformations of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura gives the following summary of this Seventeenth Chapter in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya.

Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went out one night without opening the doors to His room.

After crossing over three walls, He fell down among some cows belonging to the district of Tailanga.

There He remained unconscious, assuming the aspect of a tortoise.