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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.43
বিষাদে বিহ্বল সবে, নাহিক ‘চেতন’ ।
তবু প্রেমে বুলে করি’ প্রভুর অন্বেষণ ॥ ৪৩ ॥
viṣāde vihvala sabe, nāhika ‘cetana’
tabu preme bule kari’ prabhura anveṣaṇa
Everyone was overwhelmed with moroseness and almost unconscious, but out of ecstatic love they continued to wander here and there, searching for the Lord.
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Everyone was overwhelmed with moroseness and almost unconscious.
Even in this condition, they continued wandering here and there, searching for the Lord.
Their search continued out of ecstatic love; their sorrow did not end their effort.
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 soon as the fisherman touched the Lord’s body, he became mad in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa. His own madness frightened him, however, because he thought that he was being haunted by a ghost.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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How does their continued search reveal the strength of their love?
Take a quiet minute today to reflect on the devotees’ love, which kept them searching despite their sorrow.
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