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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 18.114Antya 18.116

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.115

তুমি মূর্চ্ছা-ছলে বৃন্দাবনে দেখ ক্রীড়া ।

তোমার মূর্চ্ছা দেখি’ সবে মনে পাই পীড়া ॥ ১১৫ ॥

tumi mūrcchā-chale vṛndāvane dekha krīḍā

tomāra mūrcchā dekhi’ sabe mane pāi pīḍā

Translation

“While apparently unconscious, You witnessed the pastimes in Vṛndāvana, but when we saw You unconscious, we suffered great agony in our minds.

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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.

Inner Vision and His Companions’ Agony

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared unconscious to those who found Him.

  2. 2

    Yet He was witnessing the pastimes in Vṛndāvana.

  3. 3

    Seeing Him unconscious caused His companions great agony in their minds.

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. tumiYou
  2. mūrcchā-chalepretending to be unconscious
  3. vṛndāvaneat Vṛndāvana
  4. dekhasee
  5. krīḍāthe pastimes
  6. tomāra mūrcchā dekhi’seeing Your unconsciousness
  7. sabeall of us
  8. manein the mind
  9. pāiget
  10. pīḍāagony
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does His companions’ agony reveal about their concern for Him?

Practice

Read the verse slowly, noting the contrast between His inner experience and His companions’ distress.

Live this todayInner Vision and His Companions’ AgonyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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