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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.15
ইতি-উতি অন্বেষিয়া সিংহদ্বারে গেলা ।
গাভীগণ মধ্যে যাই’ প্রভুরে পাইলা ॥ ১৫ ॥
iti-uti anveṣiyā siṁha-dvāre gelā
gābhī-gaṇa-madhye yāi’ prabhure pāilā
After searching here and there, they finally came to the cow shed near the Siṁha-dvāra. There they saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lying unconscious among the cows.
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The devotees searched here and there for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
They finally reached the cow shed near the Siṁha-dvāra.
There they found Him lying unconscious among the cows.
Inconceivable ecstatic absorption. The Lord’s overwhelming love manifests extraordinary bodily changes.
The mood of Antya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the seventeenth chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went out one night without opening the doors to His room. After crossing over three walls, He fell down among some cows belonging to the district of Tailaṅga. There He remained unconscious, assuming the aspect of a tortoise.Back to this verse in Antya 17
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What does the devotees’ continued search teach you about following through in service?
Return to one unfinished act of service today and take a concrete step toward completing it.
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