CC Madhya 1.67
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.