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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 15]
TRANSLATION
The Lord especially liked to hear Bilvamaṅgala Thākura's Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta, the poetry of Vidyāpati and Śrī Gīta-govinda by Jayadeva Gosvāmī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt great pleasure in His heart when His associates chanted verses from these books.
TEXT 28
একদিন মহাপ্রভু সমুদ্র-তীরে যাইতে । পুষ্পের উত্থান তথা দেখেন আচক্ষিতে ॥ ২৮ ॥
eka-dina mahāprabhu samudra-tīre yāite puṣpera udyāna tathā dekhena ācambite
SYNONYMS
eka-dina —one day;  mahāprabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  samudra-tīre —to the seashore;  yāite —while going;  puṣpera udyāna —a flower garden;  tathā —there;  dekhena —sees;  ācambite —suddenly.
TRANSLATION
One day, while going to the beach by the sea, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu suddenly saw a flower garden.
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বৃহ্মাবন-ভ্রমে তাহাঁ পশিলা ধাঞা । প্রেমাবেশে বুলে তাহাঁ কৃষ্ণ অন্বেষিয়া ॥ ২৯ ॥
vṛndāvana-bhrame tāhāṅ paśilā dhāñā premāveśe bule tāhāṅ kṛṣṇa anveṣiyā
SYNONYMS
vṛndāvana-bhrame —taking it for Vṛndāvana;  tāhāṅ —there;  paśilā —entered;  dhāñā —running;  premāveśe —in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa;  bule —wanders;  tāhāṅ —there;  kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  anveṣiyā —searching for.
TRANSLATION
Lord Caitanya mistook that garden for Vṛndāvana and very quickly entered it. Absorbed in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa, He wandered throughout the garden, searching for Him.