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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.48
বড় মৎস্য বলি’ আমি উঠাইলুঁ যতনে ।
মৃতক দেখিতে মোর ভয় হৈল মনে ॥ ৪৮ ॥
baḍa matsya bali’ āmi uṭhāiluṅ yatane
mṛtaka dekhite mora bhaya haila mane
“I lifted it with great care, thinking it a big fish, but as soon as I saw that it was a corpse, great fear arose in my mind.
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The fisherman lifted his catch with great care.
At first, he thought he had caught a big fish.
When he saw what he took to be a corpse, great fear arose in his mind.
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 floated in the sea, however, He was washed away to the Koṇārka temple, where a fisherman, thinking that the Lord’s body was a big fish, caught Him in his net and brought Him ashore. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was unconscious, and His body had become unusually transformed.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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Recall one moment today when an unexpected discovery changed your feelings, and briefly name that change.
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