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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.74
সিংহদ্বারে দেখি’ প্রভুর বিস্ময় হইলা ।
‘কাঁহা কর কি’ — এই স্বরূপে পুছিলা ॥ ৭৪ ॥
siṁha-dvāre dekhi’ prabhura vismaya ha-ilā
‘kāṅhā kara ki’ — ei svarūpe puchilā
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very much astonished to find Himself in front of the Siṁha-dvāra. He asked Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, “Where am I? What am I doing here?”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very much astonished to find Himself before the Siṁha-dvāra.
He asked Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī where He was and what He was doing there.
His questions show that He did not remember how He had come to that place.
Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.
The mood of Antya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Seeing this, Svarūpa Dāmodara and the other devotees went outside and saw the Lord lying unconscious by the gate known as Siṁha-dvāra. His body had become unusually long, and the joints of His bones were loose.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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What do the Lord’s questions help you notice about His astonishment?
Read the Lord’s two questions slowly, noticing that He asks Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī for an explanation.
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