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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.45
জালিয়ার চেষ্টা দেখি’ সবার চমৎকার ।
স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি তারে পুছেন সমাচার ॥ ৪৫ ॥
jāliyāra ceṣṭā dekhi’ sabāra camatkāra
svarūpa-gosāñi tāre puchena samācāra
Seeing the activities of the fisherman, everyone was astonshed. Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, therefore, asked him for information.
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Everyone was astonished by the fisherman’s activities.
They had seen him laughing, crying, dancing and singing while repeating the holy name.
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī responded by asking the fisherman for information.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When someone’s behavior surprises you, do you pause to ask what happened?
If someone surprises you today, ask one gentle question before drawing a conclusion.
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