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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.55
এইমত বিলপিতে অর্ধরাত্রি গেল ।
গম্ভীরাতে স্বরূপ-গোসাঞ্চি প্রভুরে শোয়াইল ॥ ৫৫ ॥
ei-mata vilapite ardha-rātri gela
gambhīrāte svarūpa-gosāñi prabhure śoyāila
As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lamented in this way, half the night passed. Then Svarūpa Dāmodara made the Lord lie down in the room known as the Gambhīrā.
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Half the night passes as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continues His lament.
Svarūpa Dāmodara then makes the Lord lie down.
The Lord rests in the room known as the Gambhīrā.
Longing beyond ordinary categories. Extreme separation alternates with moments of visionary encounter.
The mood of Antya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
To stop this, Svarūpa Dāmodara asked Śaṅkara Paṇḍita to stay at night in the same room with the Lord. This chapter further describes how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the Jagannātha-vallabha garden during the full-moon night of Vaiśākha (April-May) and experienced various transcendental ecstasies.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “lamented”, “lament”
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What can you appreciate about Svarūpa Dāmodara’s practical care after the Lord’s long lament?
Offer one small practical kindness to someone who needs rest today.
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