Å›loka paá¸i' Äche prabhu Äviṣṭa ha-iyÄ
rÅ«pa-gosÄñi Äsi' paá¸e daṇá¸avat hañÄ

 Å›loka paá¸i' - reading the verse; Äche - remained; prabhu - the Lord; Äviṣṭa - 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.


Text

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.

Purport

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.