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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.104
লোক কহে, — রাত্র্যে কৈবর্ত্য নৌকাতে চড়িয়া ।
কালীয়দহে মৎস্য মারে, দেউটী জ্বালিয়া ॥ ১০৪ ॥
loka kahe, — rātrye kaivartya naukāte caḍiyā
kālīya-dahe matsya māre, deuṭī jvāliyā
These respectable gentlemen replied, “At night in Kālīya Lake a fisherman lights a torch in his boat and catches many fish.
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The respectable gentlemen described a fisherman at Kālīya Lake at night.
The fisherman lit a torch in his boat.
He used the nighttime outing to catch many fish.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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:
At Kālīya Lake, many people mistook a fisherman for Kṛṣṇa. When some respectable people came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they expressed their opinion that when one takes sannyāsa, he becomes Nārāyaṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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