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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.24
এইমত রাসের শ্লোক-সকলই পড়িলা ।
শেষে জলকেলির শ্লোক পড়িতে লাগিলা ॥ ২৪ ॥
ei-mata rāsera śloka-sakala-i paḍilā
śeṣe jala-kelira śloka paḍite lāgilā
Thus all the verses about the rāsa-līlā dance were recited. Then finally the verse concerning the pastimes in the water was recited.
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All the verses about the rāsa-līlā dance were recited.
Finally, the verse concerning the pastimes in the water was recited.
The following verse describes Kṛṣṇa entering the Yamunā with the gopīs to relieve the fatigue of the rāsa dance.
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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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: “gopīs”, “yamunā”
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-līlā”
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Read this translation and the next one together, noticing the transition from dancing to entering the water.
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