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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea
Antya 17.73Antya 18.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.1

শরজ্জ্যোৎস্না-সিন্ধোরবকলনয়া জাতযমুনা- ভ্রমাদ্ধাবন্ যোঽস্মিন্ হরিবিরহতাপার্ণব ইব ।

নিমগ্নো মূর্চ্ছালঃ পয়সি নিবসন্ রাত্রিমখিলাং প্রভাতে প্রাপ্তঃ স্বৈরবতু স শচীসূনুরিহ নঃ ॥ ১ ॥

śaraj-jyotsnā-sindhor avakalanayā jāta-yamunā-

bhramād dhāvan yo ’smin hari-viraha-tāpārṇava iva

nimagno mūrcchālaḥ payasi nivasan rātrim akhilāṁ

prabhāte prāptaḥ svair avatu sa śacī-sūnur iha naḥ

Translation

In the brilliant autumn moonlight, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu mistook the sea for the river Yamunā. Greatly afflicted by separation from Kṛṣṇa, He ran and dove into the sea and remained unconscious in the water the entire night. In the morning, He was found by His personal devotees. May that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the son of mother Śacī, protect us by His transcendental pastimes.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seeking Protection Through His Transcendental Pastimes

  1. 1

    In the brilliant autumn moonlight, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu mistook the sea for the river Yamunā.

  2. 2

    Greatly afflicted by separation from Kṛṣṇa, He dove into the sea and remained unconscious all night. His personal devotees found Him in the morning.

  3. 3

    The verse asks Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the son of mother Śacī, to protect us through His transcendental pastimes.

How it feels

Desperate longing and relief. Mistaking the sea for Yamunā, the Lord enters it; devotees find and revive Him.

The mood of Antya 18 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Mistaking the sea for the Yamunā River, He jumped into it, hoping to see the water pastimes Kṛṣṇa enjoyed with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the other gopīs. As He floated in the sea, however, He was washed away to the Koṇārka temple, where a fisherman, thinking that the Lord’s body was a big fish, caught Him in his net and brought Him ashore.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śarat-jyotsnāin the moonlight of autumn
  2. sindhoḥof the sea
  3. avakalanayāby sight
  4. jātaappeared
  5. yamunāthe river Yamunā
  6. bhramātby mistake
  7. dhāvanrunning
  8. yaḥHe who
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “separation”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “yamunā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the closing prayer shape your reading of this extraordinary pastime?

Practice

Read the verse’s closing prayer slowly, asking Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for His protection.

Live this todaySeeking Protection Through His Transcendental PastimesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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