yadyapiha prabhu--koṭī-samudra-gambhīra
nānā-bhāva-candrodaye hayena asthira
nānā-bhāva-candrodaye hayena asthira
Synonyms
yadyapiha-although; prabhu-Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; koṭī-samudra-gambhīra-as deep as millions of oceans; nānā-various; bhāva-of ecstatic emotions; candrodaye-because of the moonrise; hayena-sometimes becomes; asthira-restless.
Translation
Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is as deep and grave as millions of oceans, when the moon of His various emotions rises, He becomes restless.
TEXTS 67-68
yei yei śloka jayadeva, bhāgavate
rāyera nāṭake, yei āra karṇāmṛte
sei sei bhāve śloka kariyā paṭhane
sei sei bhāvāveśe karena āsvādane
SYNONYMS
*yei yei*-whatever; *śloka*-verses; *jayadeva*-Jayadeva Gosvāmī; *bhāgavate*-in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; *rāyera nāṭake*-in the drama made by Rāmānanda Rāya; *yei*-whatever; *āra*-also; *karṇāmṛte*-in the book named Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta, written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura; *sei sei bhāve*-in those ecstatic emotions; *śloka*-verses; *kariyā paṭhane*-reading regularly; *sei sei*-in that particular; *bhāva-āveśe*-ecstatic love; *karena āsvādane*-He tastes.
TRANSLATION
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read the verses of Jayadeva's Gīta-govinda, of *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam*, of Rāmānanda Rāya's drama Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka and of Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura's Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta, He was overwhelmed by the various ecstatic emotions of those verses. Thus He tasted their purports.