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  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 18.83Antya 18.85

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.84

সখি হে, দেখ কৃষ্ণের জলকেলি-রঙ্গে ।

কৃষ্ণ মত্ত করিবর, চঞ্চল কর-পুষ্কর, গোপীগণ করিণীর সঙ্গে ।। ৮৪ ।। ধ্রু ।। ॥ ৮৪ ॥

sakhi he, dekha kṛṣṇera jala-keli-raṅge

kṛṣṇa matta kari-vara, cañcala kara-puṣkara,

gopī-gaṇa kariṇīra saṅge

Translation

“My dear friends, just see Lord Kṛṣṇa’s sporting pastimes in the water! Kṛṣṇa’s restless palms resemble lotus flowers. He is just like the chief of mad elephants, and the gopīs who accompany Him are like she-elephants.

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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.

An Invitation to Behold Kṛṣṇa’s Play

  1. 1

    The gopī invites her dear friends to see Lord Kṛṣṇa’s sporting pastimes in the water.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa’s restless palms are compared to lotus flowers.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa is compared to the chief of mad elephants, and His accompanying gopīs to she-elephants.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sakhi heO My dear friends
  2. dekhajust see
  3. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  4. jala-keliof the pastimes in the water
  5. raṅgethe sporting mood
  6. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  7. mattamaddened
  8. kari-varachief elephant
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīs”, “gopī”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do these comparisons help you follow the description of Kṛṣṇa’s movements?

Practice

Identify the lotus and elephant comparisons in the verse, then reread the invitation to see Kṛṣṇa’s play.

Live this todayAn Invitation to Behold Kṛṣṇa’s PlayThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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