lÄ«lÄÅ›uka — martya-jana, tÄá¹…ra haya bhÄvodgama,
Ä«Å›vare se — ki ihÄ vismaya
tÄhe mukhya-rasÄÅ›raya, ha-iyÄchena mahÄÅ›aya,
tÄte haya sarva-bhÄvodaya

 lÄ«lÄ-Å›uka - Bilvamaá¹…gala ṬhÄkura; martya-jana - a person of this world; tÄá¹…ra - of him; haya - there is; bhÄva-udgama - manifestation of different ecstasies; Ä«Å›vare - in the Supreme Lord; se - that; ki - what; ihÄ - here; vismaya - astonishing; tÄhe - in that; mukhya - chief; rasa-ÄÅ›raya - mellows,; ha-iyÄchena - has become; mahÄ-ÄÅ›aya - the great personality ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; tÄte - therefore; haya - there is; sarva-bhÄva-udaya - a manifestation of all ecstasies.


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LÄ«lÄÅ›uka [Bilvamaá¹…gala ṬhÄkura] was an ordinary human being, yet he developed many ecstatic symptoms in his body. What, then, is so astonishing about these symptoms’ being manifest in the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? In the ecstatic mood of conjugal love, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu was on the highest platform; therefore, all the exuberant ecstasies were naturally visible in His body.

Purport

LÄ«lÄÅ›uka is Bilvamaá¹…gala ṬhÄkura GosvÄmÄ«. He was a South Indian, a brÄhmaṇa, and his former name was Åšilhaṇa MiÅ›ra. When he was a householder, he became attracted to a prostitute named CintÄmaṇi, but eventually he took her advice and became renounced. Thus he wrote a book named ÅšÄnti-Å›ataka, and later, by the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa and the Vaiṣṇavas, he became a great devotee. Thus he became famous as Bilvamaá¹…gala ṬhÄkura GosvÄmÄ«. On that elevated platform he wrote a book named Kṛṣṇa-karṇÄmá¹›ta, which is very famous amongst Vaiṣṇavas. Since he exhibited so many ecstatic symptoms, people used to call him LÄ«lÄÅ›uka.