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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.8
রাসলীলার এক শ্লোক যবে পড়ে, শুনে ।
পূর্ববৎ তবে অর্থ করেন আপনে ॥ ৮ ॥
rāsa-līlāra eka śloka yabe paḍe, śune
pūrvavat tabe artha karena āpane
When He heard Svarūpa Dāmodara recite a verse concerning the rāsa-līlā or He Himself recited one, He would personally explain it, as He had previously done.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard Svarūpa Dāmodara recite verses concerning the rāsa-līlā.
Sometimes He recited such a verse Himself.
He would personally explain the verse, as He had previously done.
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:
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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