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4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 18.92 Antya 18.94

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.93

এথা কৃষ্ণ রাধা-সনে, কৈলা যে আছিল মনে, গোপীগণ অন্বেষিতে গেলা ।

তবে রাধা সূক্ষ্মমতি, জানিয়া সখীর স্থিতি, সখী-মধ্যে আসিয়া মিলিলা ॥ ৯৩ ॥

ethā kṛṣṇa rādhā-sane, kailā ye āchila mane,

gopī-gaṇa anveṣite gelā

tabe rādhā sūkṣma-mati, jāniyā sakhīra sthiti,

sakhī-madhye āsiyā mililā

Translation

“In the absence of the other gopīs, Lord Kṛṣṇa behaved with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī as freely as He desired. When the gopīs began searching for Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, being of very fine intelligence and thus knowing the situation of Her friends, immediately mingled in their midst.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Rādhārāṇī Understands Her Friends

1
In the other gopīs’ absence, Lord Kṛṣṇa behaved with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī as freely as He desired.
2
The gopīs then began searching for Kṛṣṇa.
3
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī understood Her friends’ situation through Her very fine intelligence and immediately mingled among 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

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.

ethāhere
kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
rādhā-sanewith Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
kailāperformed
yewhat
āchilawas
manein the mind
gopī-gaṇaall the gopīs

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”, “gopīs’”
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”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “absence”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about Rādhārāṇī’s understanding of Her friends and Her immediate response?

Practice

Reread the verse and identify the action that expresses Rādhārāṇī’s understanding of Her friends.

Live this todayRādhārāṇī Understands Her FriendsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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