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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.63
একে প্রেম, আরে ভয়, — দ্বিগুণ অস্থির ।
ভয়-অংশ গেল, — সে হৈল কিছু ধীর ॥ ৬৩ ॥
eke prema, āre bhaya, — dviguṇa asthira
bhaya-aṁśa gela, — se haila kichu dhīra
The fisherman was affected by ecstatic love, but he was also fearful. He had thus become doubly agitated. Now that his fear had subsided, however, he had become somewhat normal.
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The fisherman is affected by ecstatic love, but he is also fearful.
These two experiences make him doubly agitated.
When his fear subsides, he becomes somewhat normal. The verse distinguishes his fear from his ecstatic love.
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 soon as the fisherman touched the Lord’s body, he became mad in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa. His own madness frightened him, however, because he thought that he was being haunted by a ghost.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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