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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.36
গুণ্ডিচা-মন্দিরে গেলা, কিবা নরেন্দ্রেরে ? চটক-পর্বতে গেলা, কিবা কোণার্কেরে?’ ॥ ৩৬ ॥
guṇḍicā-mandire gelā, kibā narendrere?
caṭaka-parvate gelā, kibā koṇārkere?’
“Perhaps He went to the Guṇḍicā temple, or to Lake Narendra, or to the Caṭaka-parvata. Maybe He went to the temple at Koṇārka.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotees thought He might have gone to the Guṇḍicā temple or Lake Narendra.
They also considered Caṭaka-parvata and the temple at Koṇārka.
The words “perhaps” and “maybe” show their uncertainty as they considered where to search.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do these several possibilities show about the devotees’ effort to find the Lord?
List the four places mentioned, then reread them as possibilities rather than confirmed destinations.
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