CC Antya 17.70

Antya-līlā, Chapter 17, Text 70

এই ত’ কহিলুঁ ‘কূর্মাকৃতি’-অনুভাব ।
উন্মাদ-চেষ্টিত তাতে উন্মাদ-প্রলাপ ॥ ৭০ ॥

ei ta’ kahiluṅ ‘kūrmākṛti’-anubhāva
unmāda-ceṣṭita tāte unmāda-pralāpa

Word by word

ei ta’ kahiluṅ — thus I have described; kūrma-ākṛti — of becoming like a tortoise; anubhāva — the ecstatic symptom; unmāda-ceṣṭita — enacted in madness; tāte — in that; unmāda-pralāpa — talking like a madman.

Translation

Thus I have described Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic transformation of becoming like a tortoise. In that ecstasy, He talked and acted like a madman.