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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.11
দ্বাদশ বৎসরে যে যে লীলা ক্ষণে-ক্ষণে ।
অতিবাহুল্য-ভয়ে গ্রন্থ না কৈলুঁ লিখনে ॥ ১১ ॥
dvādaśa vatsare ye ye līlā kṣaṇe-kṣaṇe
ati-bāhulya-bhaye grantha nā kailuṅ likhane
So as not to increase the size of this book, I have not written about all the Lord’s pastimes, for He performed them every moment of every day for twelve years.
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The author did not write about all the Lord’s pastimes.
He kept the account selective so as not to increase the size of the book.
The Lord performed these pastimes every moment of every day for twelve years.
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
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the phrase “every moment of every day” deepen your appreciation of this account?
Reread the phrase “every moment of every day for twelve years” and reflect on the extent of what remains undescribed.
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