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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea
Antya 18.63Antya 18.65

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.64

স্বরূপ কহে, — “যারে তুমি কর ‘ভূত’-জ্ঞান ।

ভূত নহে — তেঁহো কৃষ্ণচৈতন্য ভগবান্ ॥ ৬৪ ॥

svarūpa kahe, — “yāṅre tumi kara ‘bhūta’-jñāna

bhūta nahe — teṅho kṛṣṇa-caitanya bhagavān

Translation

Svarūpa Dāmodara said to the fisherman, “My dear sir, the person you are thinking is a ghost is not actually a ghost but is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Is the Supreme Lord

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    Svarūpa Dāmodara respectfully addresses the fisherman as “My dear sir.”

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    He clearly explains that the person the fisherman thinks is a ghost is not a ghost.

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    That person is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu—Kṛṣṇa Himself.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After some inquiries, Svarūpa Dāmodara could understand that the fisherman had caught Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in his net. Since the fisherman was afraid of being haunted by a ghost, Svarūpa Dāmodara gave him a slap and chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa, which immediately pacified him.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. svarūpa kaheSvarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī said
  2. yāṅrethe person whom
  3. tumiyou
  4. kara bhūta-jñānaconsider a ghost
  5. bhūta naheis not a ghost
  6. teṅhoHe
  7. kṛṣṇa-caitanyaLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Svarūpa Dāmodara’s explanation change your understanding of the fisherman’s encounter?

Practice

Read this verse aloud once, giving special attention to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s identity.

Live this todayŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Is the Supreme LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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