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Rescuing the Lord from the Sea
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TRANSLATION
Keeping the Lord sometimes submerged and sometimes afloat, the waves carried Him toward the Koṇārka temple.
PURPORT
Koṇārka, generally known as Arka-tīrtha, is a temple of Lord Sūrya, the sun-god. It is situated on the seashore, nineteen miles north of Jagannātha Purī. It was constructed of black stone in the beginning of the thirteenth century of the Śaka Era, and it shows expert craftsmanship and architecture.
TEXT 32
যমুনাতে জলকেলি গোপীগণ-সঙ্গে ।
কৃষ্ণ করেন—মহাপ্রভু মগ্ন সেই রঙ্গে ॥ ৩২ ॥
yamunāte jala-keli gopī-gaṇa-saṅge kṛṣṇa karena—mahāprabhu magna sei raṅge
SYNONYMS
yamunāte —in the River Yamunā;  jala-keli —pastimes in the water;  gopī-gaṇa-saṅge —with the  gopīs ;  kṛṣṇa karena —Kṛṣṇa performs;  mahāprabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  magna —fully merged;  sei raṅge —in those pastimes.
TRANSLATION
Lord Kṛṣṇa performed pastimes with the gopīs in the waters of the Yamunā, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fully merged in those pastimes.
TEXT 33
ইহা স্বরূপাদিগণ প্রভু না দেখিয়া ।
‘কাহাঁ গেলা প্রভু ?’ কহে চমকিত হঞ্জা ॥ ৩৩ ॥
ihāṅ svarūpādi-gaṇa prabhu nā dekhiyā ‘kāhāṅ gelā prabhu?’ kahe camakita hañā
SYNONYMS
ihāṅ —here;  svarūpa-ādi-gaṇa —the devotees headed by Svarūpa Dāmodara;  prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  nā dekhiyā —not seeing;  kāhāṅ —where;  gelā —has gone;  prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  kahe —say;  camakita hañā —being astonished.