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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.31
কোণার্কের দিকে প্রভুরে তরঙ্গে লঞা যায় ।
কভু ডুবাঞা রাখে, কভু ভাসাঞা লঞা যায় ॥ ৩১ ॥
koṇārkera dike prabhure taraṅge lañā yāya
kabhu ḍubāñā rākhe, kabhu bhāsāñā lañā yāya
Keeping the Lord sometimes submerged and sometimes afloat, the waves carried Him toward the Koṇārka temple.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The waves kept the Lord sometimes submerged and sometimes afloat as they carried Him toward the Koṇārka temple.
Koṇārka, generally known as Arka-tīrtha, is a temple of Lord Sūrya, the sun-god. It stands on the seashore, nineteen miles north of Jagannātha Purī.
The temple was constructed of black stone in the beginning of the thirteenth century of the Śaka Era. It shows expert craftsmanship and architecture.
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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:
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. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was unconscious, and His body had become unusually transformed.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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How does knowing Koṇārka's location help you follow the Lord's movement in the sea?
Write a brief location note: Koṇārka is on the seashore, nineteen miles north of Jagannātha Purī.
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