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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.42
পূর্ব-দিশায় চলে স্বরূপ লঞা কত জন ।
সিন্ধু-তীরে-নীরে করেন প্রভুর অন্বেষণ ॥ ৪২ ॥
pūrva-diśāya cale svarūpa lañā kata jana
sindhu-tīre-nīre karena prabhura anveṣaṇa
Svarūpa Dāmodara proceeded east with others, looking for the Lord on the beach or in the water.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara proceeded east, searching for the Lord.
Others went with him, sharing in the search.
They looked along the beach and in the water, continuing despite their distress.
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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What stands out to you about their searching together?
Today, reread this verse slowly and notice how the devotees joined together to search for the Lord.
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