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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.58
এই ভূত নৃসিংহ-নামে চাপয়ে দ্বিগুণে ।
তাহার আকার দেখিতে ভয় লাগে মনে ॥ ৫৮ ॥
ei bhūta nṛsiṁha-nāme cāpaye dviguṇe
tāhāra ākāra dekhite bhaya lāge mane
“This ghost, however, overcomes me with redoubled strength when I chant the Nṛsiṁha mantra. When I even see the form of this ghost, great fear arises in my mind.
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The fisherman says that what he thinks is a ghost overcomes him with redoubled strength when he chants the Nṛsiṁha mantra.
Even seeing the form fills his mind with great fear.
The neighbouring verses explain that he is affected by ecstatic love as well as fear. His description of a ghost does not reflect the full truth.
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:
His own madness frightened him, however, because he thought that he was being haunted by a ghost. 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.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.
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: “chant”, “chants”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When has fear made it difficult for you to understand an experience?
Recall one unsettling experience today and distinguish what you observed from what you feared.
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