CC 3.20.131

saptadaśe — gābhī-madhye prabhura patana
kūrmākāra-anubhāvera tāhāṅi udgama

saptadaśe - in the Seventeenth Chapter; gābhī-madhye - among the cows; prabhura patana - the falling down of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kūrma-ākāra-anubhāvera - of ecstatic emotion in the form of a tortoise; tāhāṅi - there; udgama - awakening.

Text

The seventeenth chapter recounts how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell among the cows and assumed the form of a tortoise as His ecstatic emotions awakened.

Purport

Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Antya-lila

Chapter 20: The Sikshashtaka Prayers. Text 131

The seventeenth chapter recounts how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell among the cows and assumed the form of a tortoise as His ecstatic emotions awakened.