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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.70
শুনি’ সেই জালিয়া আনন্দিত হইল ।
সবা লঞা গেল, মহাপ্রভুরে দেখাইল ॥ ৭০ ॥
śuni, sei jāliyā ānandita ha-ila
sabā lañā gela, mahāprabhure dekhāila
Hearing this, the fisherman became very happy. He brought all the devotees with him and showed them Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Hearing the explanation, the fisherman became very happy.
He brought all the devotees with him to where the Lord was.
He showed them Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, turning his new understanding into practical help.
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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