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  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 18.108Antya 18.110

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.109

হেনকালে মোরে ধরি’, মহাকোলাহল করি’, তুমি-সব ইহাঁ লঞা আইলা ।

কাঁহা যমুনা, বৃন্দাবন, কাঁহা কৃষ্ণ, গোপীগণ, সেই সুখ ভঙ্গ করাইলা !” ১০৯ ।। ॥ ১০৯ ॥

hena-kāle more dhari, mahā-kolāhala kari’,

tumi-saba ihāṅ lañā āilā

kāṅhā yamunā, vṛndāvana, kāṅhā kṛṣṇa, gopī-gaṇa,

sei sukha bhaṅga karāilā!”

Translation

“Suddenly, all of you created a great tumult and picked Me up and brought Me back here. Where now is the river Yamunā? Where is Vṛndāvana? Where are Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs? You have broken My happy dream!”

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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.

An Interruption Breaks the Happy Dream

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that His companions had suddenly created a great tumult, picked Him up and brought Him back.

  2. 2

    He asked where the river Yamunā, Vṛndāvana, Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs had gone.

  3. 3

    He described the interruption as the breaking of His happy dream.

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:

Thereafter, when the devotees chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra loudly, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to His external consciousness. Then they brought Him back to His own residence.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. hena-kāleat that time
  2. more dhari’picking Me up
  3. mahā-kolāhala kari’and making a great tumult
  4. tumi-sabaall of you
  5. ihāṅhere
  6. lañā āilābrought
  7. kāṅhāwhere
  8. yamunāthe Yamunā River
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīs”, “yamunā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do the Lord’s questions reveal about how deeply He cherished what He had seen?

Practice

Read the Lord’s questions aloud slowly, attending to His longing for Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs.

Live this todayAn Interruption Breaks the Happy DreamThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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