kÄ«rtana karite prabhura sarva-bhÄvodaya
stambha, kampa, pulakÄÅ›ru, gadgada, pralaya
kÄ«rtana karite - while performing chanting; prabhura - of the Lord; sarva - all; bhÄva-udaya - manifestations of ecstatic symptoms; stambha - being stunned; kampa - trembling; pulaka - standing of the hair; aÅ›ru - tears; gadgada - faltering of the voice; pralaya - devastation.
Devastation is described in the Bhakti-rasÄmá¹›ta-sindhu as a combination of happiness and distress that becomes conspicuous by an absence of any sense of them. In this condition, a devotee falls to the ground, and the subsequent symptoms in the body ensue. These symptoms are mentioned above, and when they become prominent in the body, a state called pralaya (devastation) is manifest.