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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea
Antya 18.43Antya 18.45

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.44

দেখেন — এক জালিয়া আইসে কান্ধে জাল করি’ ।

হাসে, কান্দে, নাচে, গায়, বলে ‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ ॥ ৪৪ ॥

dekhena — eka jāliyā āise kāndhe jāla kari’

hāse, kānde, nāce, gāya, bale ‘hari’ ‘hari’

Translation

Passing along the beach, they saw a fisherman approaching with his net over his shoulder. Laughing, crying, dancing and singing, he kept repeating the holy name “Hari, Hari.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Fisherman Repeats the Holy Name

  1. 1

    While passing along the beach, the devotees saw a fisherman approaching.

  2. 2

    He carried his net over his shoulder and was laughing, crying, dancing and singing.

  3. 3

    Throughout these activities, he kept repeating the holy name, “Hari, Hari.”

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dekhenathey see
  2. eka jāliyāa fisherman
  3. āisecomes
  4. kāndheon the shoulder
  5. jāla kari’carrying a net
  6. hāselaughs
  7. kāndecries
  8. nācedances
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “holy name”, “hari”

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “crying”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws your attention to the fisherman’s repeated chanting of “Hari, Hari”?

Practice

Set aside a quiet moment today to repeat the holy name, “Hari, Hari.”

Live this todayThe Fisherman Repeats the Holy NameThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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