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CC Madhya 1.67



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 67

śloka paḍi’ āche prabhu āviṣṭa ha-iyā
rūpa-gosāñi āsi’ paḍe daṇḍavat hañā


SYNONYMS

śloka paḍi’ — reading the verse; āche — remained; prabhu — the Lord; āviṣṭa — in an ecstatic mood; ha-iyā — being; rūpa-gosāñi — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; āsi’ — coming; paḍe — fell down; daṇḍavat — like a rod; hañā — becoming.


TRANSLATION

After reading the verse, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went into an ecstatic mood. While He was in that state, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī came and immediately fell down on the floor like a rod.


PURPORT

The word daṇḍa means rod or pole. A rod or pole falls straight; similarly, when one offers obeisances to his superior with all eight aṅgas (parts) of the body, he performs what is called daṇḍavat. Sometimes we only speak of daṇḍavats but actually do not fall down. In any case, daṇḍavat means falling down like a rod before one’s superior.