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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.114

সব রাত্রি সবে বেড়াই তোমারে অন্বেষিয়া ।

জালিয়ার মুখে শুনি’ পাইনু আসিয়া ॥ ১১৪ ॥

saba rātri sabe beḍāi tomāre anveṣiyā

jāliyāra mukhe śuni’ pāinu āsiyā

Translation

“Throughout the night, we all walked about in search of You. After hearing from this fisherman, we came here and found You.

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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.

Care Shown Through Persistent Searching

  1. 1

    The companions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu searched for Him throughout the night.

  2. 2

    They listened to the fisherman, whose information helped them find Him.

  3. 3

    Their concern took the practical form of continuing the search until they reached Him.

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. saba rātrithe whole night
  2. sabeall of us
  3. beḍāiwalked
  4. tomāreYou
  5. anveṣiyāsearching for
  6. jāliyāra mukhefrom the mouth of this fisherman
  7. śuni’hearing
  8. pāinuwe found
  9. āsiyācoming
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I turn concern for someone into practical care?

Practice

Check on someone whose well-being concerns you today.

Live this todayCare Shown Through Persistent SearchingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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