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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.117
প্রভু কহে, — “স্বপ্নে দেখি’ গেলাঙ বৃন্দাবনে ।
দেখি, — কৃষ্ণ রাস করেন গোপীগণ-সনে ॥ ১১৭ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “svapne dekhi’ gelāṅa vṛndāvane
dekhi, — kṛṣṇa rāsa karena gopīgaṇa-sane
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “In My dream I went to Vṛndāvana, where I saw Lord Kṛṣṇa perform the rāsa dance with all the gopīs.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu described His experience as a dream.
He said that in this dream He went to Vṛndāvana.
There He saw Lord Kṛṣṇa perform the rāsa dance with all the gopīs.
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:
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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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”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does His account help me understand what He was experiencing while apparently unconscious?
Read His words aloud once, giving careful attention to what He says He saw.
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