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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.87
আগে পাইলা কৃষ্ণে, তাঁরে পুনঃ হারাঞা ।
ভূমেতে পড়িলা প্রভু মূর্চ্ছিত হঞা ॥ ৮৭ ॥
āge pāilā kṛṣṇe, tāṅre punaḥ hārāñā
bhūmete paḍilā prabhu mūrcchita hañā
Having gotten Kṛṣṇa and then lost Him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell to the ground unconscious.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had gotten Kṛṣṇa and then lost Him.
After Kṛṣṇa disappeared, the Lord fell to the ground unconscious.
His response shows how deeply He was affected by losing Kṛṣṇa’s presence.
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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Read the verse slowly and reflect for a moment on the contrast between getting Kṛṣṇa and losing Him.
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