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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.78
সবে দেখি — হয় মোর কৃষ্ণ বিদ্যমান ।
বিদ্যুৎপ্রায় দেখা দিয়া হয় অন্তর্ধান’ ॥ ৭৮ ॥
sabe dekhi — haya mora kṛṣṇa vidyamāna
vidyut-prāya dekhā diyā haya antardhāna’
“All I can remember is that I saw My Kṛṣṇa, but only for an instant. He appeared before Me and then, like lightning, immediately disappeared.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remembered seeing His Kṛṣṇa.
The vision lasted only an instant: Kṛṣṇa appeared before Him and immediately disappeared.
The Lord compared Kṛṣṇa’s swift disappearance to lightning.
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:
As He ran toward it, He became stunned, and then the eight ecstatic transformations appeared in His body due to great love for Kṛṣṇa. At that time all the devotees chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra to pacify Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the expression “My Kṛṣṇa” convey to you about the Lord’s affection?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the words “I saw My Kṛṣṇa.”
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