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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.61
দীপ জ্বালি’ ঘরে গেলা, দেখি’ প্রভুর মুখ ।
স্বরূপ, গোবিন্দ দুঁহার হৈল বড় দুঃখ ॥ ৬১ ॥
dīpa jvāli’ ghare gelā, dekhi’ prabhura mukha
svarūpa, govinda duṅhāra haila baḍa duḥkha
Lighting a lamp, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda entered the room. When they saw the Lord’s face, they were filled with sorrow.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda lit a lamp and entered the room.
They saw the Lord’s injured face.
The sight filled them with sorrow, showing their deep concern for Him.
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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