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ei ta’ kahilun ’kurmakrti’-anubhava

unmada-cestita tate unmada-pralapa

SYNONYMS

ei ta’ kahilun—thus I have described; kurma-akrti—of becoming like a tortoise; anubhava—the ecstatic symptom; unmada-cestita—enacted in madness; tate—in that; unmada-pralapa—talking like a madman.

Thus I have described Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s ecstatic transformation of becoming like a tortoise.

In that ecstasy, He talked and acted like a madman.