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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.4.41

क्‍वचिदुत्पुलकस्तूष्णीमास्ते संस्पर्शनिर्वृत: । अस्पन्दप्रणयानन्दसलिलामीलितेक्षण: ॥ ४१ ॥
kvacid utpulakas tūṣṇīm
[kvachid utpulakas tooshneem]
āste saṁsparśa-nirvṛtaḥ
[aaste samsparsha-nirvritah]
aspanda-praṇayānanda-
[aspanda-pranayaananda-]
salilāmīlitekṣaṇaḥ
[salilaameelitekshanah]
Word-for-word
kvacit — sometimes utpulakaḥ — with the hairs of his body standing on end tūṣṇīm — completely silent āste — remains saṁsparśa-nirvṛtaḥ — feeling great joy by contact with the Lord aspanda — steady praṇaya-ānanda — due to transcendental bliss from a relationship of love salila — filled with tears āmīlita — half-closed īkṣaṇaḥ — whose eyes.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kvacid utpulakas tūṣṇīm
kvacit
sometimes
utpulakaḥ
with the hairs of his body standing on end
tūṣṇīm
completely silent
āste saṁsparśa-nirvṛtaḥ
āste
remains
saṁsparśa-nirvṛtaḥ
feeling great joy by contact with the Lord
aspanda-praṇayānanda-
aspanda
steady
praṇaya-ānanda
due to transcendental bliss from a relationship of love
salilāmīlitekṣaṇaḥ
salila
filled with tears
āmīlita
half-closed
īkṣaṇaḥ
whose eyes.
Sometimes, feeling the touch of the Lord’s lotus hands, he became spiritually jubilant and remained silent, his hairs standing on end and tears gliding down from his half-closed eyes because of his love for the Lord.
Purport

When a devotee feels separation from the Lord, he becomes eager to see where the Lord is, and sometimes when he feels pangs of separation, tears flow incessantly from his half-closed eyes. As stated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Śikṣāṣṭaka, yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam. The words cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam refer to tears falling incessantly from the devotee’s eyes. These symptoms, which appear in pure devotional ecstasy, were visible in the body of Prahlāda Mahārāja.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sometimes with hair standing on end, he would remain silent, blissful because of the touch of the Lord’s hand. Without movement, he would remain with his eyes half-closed, filled with tears of joy, expressing his affection for the Lord. His hairs would sometimes stand on end. He would think “Where shall I go? Where will I see the Lord?” Sometimes out of grief of separation he would close his eyes. Suddenly he would see the Lord in his heart. By the touch of the Lord’s hand he would become blissful and his hairs would stand on end. He would become motionless (aspanda). His half-closed eyes would be filled with tears of bliss, expressing his affection for the Lord.
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Personal Guidance
Feeling the touch of the Lord's lotus hands, Prahlada fell silent, hair on end, tears flowing from half-closed eyes. The body of an advanced devotee shows symptoms of ecstasy that impersonalism cannot account for. Real contact leaves real traces.
Reflection Questions
  • What 'trace' has real spiritual contact left on you that you can still feel?
  • Where do you discount your own bodily responses to the sacred as embarrassing?
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