CC Antya 15.97
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 97
payo-rāśes tīre sphurad-upavanālī-kalanayā
muhur vṛndāraṇya-smaraṇa-janita-prema-vivaśaḥ
kvacit kṛṣṇāvṛtti-pracala-rasano bhakti-rasikaḥ
sa caitanyaḥ kiṁ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam
SYNONYMS
payaḥ-rāśeḥ—by the sea; tīre—on the beach; sphurat—beautiful; upavana-ālī—garden; kalanayā—by seeing; muhuḥ—continuously; vṛndāraṇya—the forest of Vṛndāvana; smaraṇa-janita—by remembering; prema-vivaśaḥ—being overwhelmed by ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa; kvacit—sometimes; kṛṣṇa—of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa; āvṛtti—repetition; pracala—busily engaged in; rasanaḥ—whose tongue; bhakti-rasikaḥ—expert in devotional service; saḥ—that; caitanyaḥ—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kim—whether; me—my; punaḥ api—again; dṛśoḥ—of the eyes; yāsyati—will go; padam—on the path.
TRANSLATION
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the topmost of all devotees. Sometimes, while walking on the beach, He would see a beautiful garden nearby and mistake it for the forest of Vṛndāvana. Thus He would be completely overwhelmed by ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa and begin to chant the holy name and dance. His tongue worked incessantly as He chanted, ‘Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!’ Will He again become visible before the path of my eyes?”
PURPORT
This quotation is verse 6 from the first Caitanyāṣṭaka in Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Stava-mālā.