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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.34
মনোবেগে গেলা প্রভু, দেখিতে নারিলা ।
প্রভুরে না দেখিয়া সংশয় করিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৩৪ ॥
mano-vege gelā prabhu, dekhite nārilā
prabhure nā dekhiyā saṁśaya karite lāgilā
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had run off at the speed of the mind. No one could see Him. Thus everyone was puzzled as to His whereabouts.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had run off at the speed of the mind.
No one could see Him or tell where He had gone.
Everyone was puzzled about His whereabouts. Their uncertainty led them to search for Him.
Desperate longing and relief. Mistaking the sea for Yamunā, the Lord enters it; devotees find and revive Him.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was unconscious, and His body had become unusually transformed. As soon as the fisherman touched the Lord’s body, he became mad in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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