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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.86
কৃষ্ণ দেখি’ মহাপ্রভু ধাঞা চলিলা ।
আগে দেখি’ হাসি’ কৃষ্ণ অন্তর্ধান হইলা ॥ ৮৬ ॥
kṛṣṇa dekhi’ mahāprabhu dhāñā calilā
āge dekhi’ hāsi’ kṛṣṇa antardhāna ha-ilā
When He saw Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began running very swiftly, but Kṛṣṇa smiled and disappeared.
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Seeing Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately began running very swiftly.
Kṛṣṇa smiled and then disappeared.
The joyful sight of Kṛṣṇa was followed by His disappearance, leading into the Lord’s profound response in the next verse.
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:
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. Overwhelmed with ecstatic love at suddenly seeing Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa beneath an aśoka tree, He exhibited various symptoms of spiritual madness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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What does Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s swift running reveal about His eagerness to reach Kṛṣṇa?
Read verses 19.85 and 19.86 together, noticing the movement from seeing Kṛṣṇa to running toward Him.
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