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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.26
এইমত মহাপ্রভু ভ্রমিতে ভ্রমিতে ।
আইটোটা হৈতে সমুদ্র দেখেন আচম্বিতে ॥ ২৬ ॥
ei-mata mahāprabhu bhramite bhramite
āiṭoṭā haite samudra dekhena ācambite
While thus wandering near the temple of Āiṭoṭā, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu suddenly saw the sea.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was wandering near the temple of Āiṭoṭā.
While wandering there, He suddenly saw the sea.
This sight begins the account of His entering the sea, mistaking it for the Yamunā.
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:
On an autumn evening when the moon was full, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu walked along the seashore near the Āiṭoṭā temple. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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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: “yamunā”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this sudden sight prepare you for what happens next?
Read this verse slowly and note the place where the Lord saw the sea.
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