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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 51

kibā brahma-daitya, kibā bhūta, kahane nā yāya
darśana-mātre manuṣyera paiśe sei kāya

SYNONYMS

kibā—whether; brahma-daitya—a brāhmaṇa ghost; kibā—or; bhūta—an ordinary ghost; kahane nā yāya—I cannot say; darśana-mātre—as soon as one sees; manuṣyera—of a man; paiśe—enters; sei kāya—that body.

TRANSLATION

“I do not know whether the corpse I found was the ghost of a dead brāhmaṇa or an ordinary man, but as soon as one looks upon it, the ghost enters his body.