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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.32

যমুনাতে জলকেলি গোপীগণ-সঙ্গে ।

কৃষ্ণ করেন — মহাপ্রভু মগ্ন সেই রঙ্গে ॥ ৩২ ॥

yamunāte jala-keli gopī-gaṇa-saṅge

kṛṣṇa karena — mahāprabhu magna sei raṅge

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fully merged in the pastimes Lord Kṛṣṇa performed with the gopīs in the waters of the Yamunā.

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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.

Fully Absorbed in Kṛṣṇa's Yamunā Pastimes

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was fully merged in Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes.

  2. 2

    These were the pastimes Kṛṣṇa performed with the gopīs in the waters of the Yamunā.

  3. 3

    While the waves carried Him in the sea, His absorption was in these Yamunā pastimes.

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. yamunātein the river Yamunā
  2. jala-kelipastimes in the water
  3. gopī-gaṇa-saṅgewith the gopīs
  4. kṛṣṇa karenaKṛṣṇa performs
  5. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. magnafully merged
  7. sei raṅgein those pastimes
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Key ideas in this verse

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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse clarify the difference between the Lord's outward situation and His absorption?

Practice

Read this verse slowly, keeping your attention on the stated focus of the Lord's absorption: Kṛṣṇa's pastimes with the gopīs in the Yamunā.

Live this todayFully Absorbed in Kṛṣṇa's Yamunā PastimesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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