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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.5
উদ্যানে উদ্যানে ভ্রমেন কৌতুক দেখিতে ।
রাসলীলার গীত-শ্লোক পড়িতে শুনিতে ॥ ৫ ॥
udyāne udyāne bhramena kautuka dekhite
rāsa-līlāra gīta-śloka paḍite śunite
He walked from garden to garden, seeing the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa and hearing and reciting songs and verses concerning the rāsa-līlā.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu walked from garden to garden.
As He walked, He saw the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
He heard and recited songs and verses concerning the rāsa-līlā.
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:
Mistaking the sea for the Yamunā River, He jumped into it, hoping to see the water pastimes Kṛṣṇa enjoyed with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the other gopīs. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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In this verse: “rāsa-līlā”
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What stands out to you about hearing and reciting being part of His absorption in Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes?
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