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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.33
ইহাঁ স্বরূপাদিগণ প্রভু না দেখিয়া ।
‘কাহাঁ গেলা প্রভু?’ কহে চমকিত হঞা ॥ ৩৩ ॥
ihāṅ svarūpādi-gaṇa prabhu nā dekhiyā
‘kāhāṅ gelā prabhu?’ kahe camakita hañā
Meanwhile, all the devotees, headed by Svarūpa Dāmodara, lost sight of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Astonished, they began searching for Him, asking, “Where has the Lord gone?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All the devotees, headed by Svarūpa Dāmodara, lost sight of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
They were astonished at His disappearance.
They began searching for Him and asking, “Where has the Lord gone?”
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 was about to seek a ghost charmer, he met Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and the other devotees on the beach, who had been looking everywhere for the Lord. After some inquiries, Svarūpa Dāmodara could understand that the fisherman had caught Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in his net.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the devotees' immediate search reveal about their concern for the Lord?
Reread the devotees' question and briefly reflect on their concern at losing sight of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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