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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.149
প্রাতঃকালে আইসে লোক, তোমারে না পায় ।
তোমারে না পাঞা লোক মোর মাথা খায় ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
prātaḥ-kāle āise loka, tomāre nā pāya
tomāre nā pāñā loka mora māthā khāya
“Early in the morning people come here, and not seeing You present, they simply tax my brain.
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Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya explains that people arrive early in the morning.
When they come, they do not find the Lord present.
He tells the Lord that these visitors tax his brain.
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:
In this way, their Kṛṣṇa consciousness was awakened, and they could understand that a sannyāsī is simply a living entity and not the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath at Akrūra-ghāṭa, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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