Å›loka paá¸i' Äche prabhu Äviá¹£á¹a ha-iyÄ
rÅ«pa-gosÄñi Äsi' paá¸e daṇá¸avat hañÄ
Å›loka paá¸i' - reading the verse; Äche - remained; prabhu - the Lord; Äviá¹£á¹a - in an ecstatic mood; ha-iyÄ - being; rÅ«pa-gosÄñi - ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«; Äsi' - coming; paá¸e - fell down; daṇá¸avat - like a rod; haÃ±Ä - becoming.
After reading the verse, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu went into an ecstatic mood. While He was in that state, ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« came and immediately fell down on the floor like a rod.
The word daṇá¸a means rod or pole. A rod or pole falls straight; similarly, when one offers obeisances to his superior with all eight aá¹…gas (parts) of the body, he performs what is called daṇá¸avat. Sometimes we only speak of daṇá¸avats but actually do not fall down. In any case, daṇá¸avat means falling down like a rod before one’s superior.
