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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 18.91Antya 18.93

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.92

কৃষ্ণের কলহ রাধা-সনে, গোপীগণ সেইক্ষণে, হেমাব্জ-বনে গেলা লুকাইতে ।

আকণ্ঠ-বপু জলে পৈশে, মুখমাত্র জলে ভাসে, পদ্মে-মুখে না পারি চিনিতে ॥ ৯২ ॥

kṛṣṇera kalaha rādhā-sane, gopī-gaṇa sei-kṣaṇe,

hemābja-vane gelā lukāite

ākaṇṭha-vapu jale paiśe, mukha-mātra jale bhāse,

padme-mukhe nā pāri cinite

Translation

“Then Kṛṣṇa quarreled with Rādhārāṇī, and all the gopīs hid themselves in a cluster of white lotus flowers. They submerged their bodies up to their necks in the water. Only their faces floated above the surface, and the faces were indistinguishable from the lotuses.

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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.

The Gopīs Hide Among White Lotuses

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa quarreled with Rādhārāṇī, and the gopīs hid in a cluster of white lotus flowers.

  2. 2

    They submerged their bodies up to their necks, leaving only their faces above the water.

  3. 3

    Their faces were indistinguishable from the white lotuses surrounding them.

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. kṛṣṇeraof Kṛṣṇa
  2. kalahaquarrel
  3. rādhā-sanewith Rādhā
  4. gopī-gaṇathe gopīs
  5. sei-kṣaṇeat that moment
  6. hema-abjaof white lotus flowers
  7. vanein the forest
  8. gelāwent
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”

  • 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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What impression does the likeness between the gopīs’ faces and the lotuses leave on you?

Practice

Pause over the final sentence and picture the faces among the white lotus flowers.

Live this todayThe Gopīs Hide Among White LotusesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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