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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 18.14Antya 18.16-17

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.15

ভক্তের প্রেম-বিকার দেখি’ কৃষ্ণের চমৎকার! কৃষ্ণ যার না পায় অন্ত, কেবা ছার আর ? ১৫ ।। ॥ ১৫ ॥

bhaktera prema-vikāra dekhi’ kṛṣṇera camatkāra!

kṛṣṇa yāra nā pāya anta, kebā chāra āra?

Translation

Even Lord Kṛṣṇa is struck with wonder at seeing the transformations of ecstasy in His devotees. If Kṛṣṇa Himself cannot estimate the limits of such emotions, how could others?

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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.

Devotees’ ecstasy fills Kṛṣṇa with wonder

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa sees the transformations of ecstasy in His devotees.

  2. 2

    Even Kṛṣṇa is struck with wonder at these transformations.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa Himself cannot estimate the limits of such emotions, so the verse asks how others could.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhakteraof a devotee
  2. prema-vikāratransformations of ecstatic emotion
  3. dekhi’seeing
  4. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  5. camatkārawonder
  6. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  7. yāraof which
  8. nā pāyacannot get
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Kṛṣṇa’s wonder encourage humility in your understanding of His devotees’ emotions?

Practice

Reflect for a moment today on Kṛṣṇa’s wonder, without trying to measure the emotions described.

Live this todayDevotees’ ecstasy fills Kṛṣṇa with wonderThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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