Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya-lila Chapter 18 Verse 1

Antya-līlā | Chapter 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 18.1

śaraj-jyotsnā-sindhor avakalanayā jāta-yamunā-

bhramād dhāvan yo 'smin hari-viraha-tāpārṇava iva

nimagno mūrcchālaḥ payasi nivasan rātrim akhilāḿ

prabhāte prāptaḥ svair avatu sa śacī-sūnur iha naḥ

SYNONYMS

śarat-jyotsnā — in the moonlight of autumn; sindhoḥ — of the sea; avakalanayā — by sight; jāta — appeared; yamunā — the river Yamunā; bhramāt — by mistake; dhāvan — running; yaḥ — He who; asmin — in this; hari-viraha — due to separation from Hari; tāpa — of suffering; arṇave — in the ocean; iva — as if; nimagnaḥ — dove; mūrcchālaḥ — unconscious; payasi — in the water; nivasan — staying; rātrim — the night; akhilām — whole; prabhāte — in the morning; prāptaḥ — was gotten; svaiḥ — by His personal associates; avatu — may protect; saḥ — He; śacī-sūnuḥ — the son of mother Śacī; iha — here; naḥ — us.

TRANSLATION

In the brilliant autumn moonlight, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu mistook the sea for the river Yamunā. Greatly afflicted by separation from Kṛṣṇa, He ran and dove into the sea and remained unconscious in the water the entire night. In the morning, He was found by His personal devotees. May that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the son of mother Śacī, protect us by His transcendental pastimes.

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