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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.37
এত বলি’ সবে ফিরে প্রভুরে চাহিয়া ।
সমুদ্রের তীরে আইলা কত জন লঞা ॥ ৩৭ ॥
eta bali’ sabe phire prabhure cāhiyā
samudrera tīre āilā kata jana lañā
Talking like this, the devotees wandered here and there looking for the Lord. Finally they came to the shore, accompanied by many others.
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While discussing where the Lord might be, the devotees wandered here and there looking for Him.
Their discussion was accompanied by an active search.
Finally they reached the shore, accompanied by many others.
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:
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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