CC Antya 18.48

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 48

baḍa matsya bali’ āmi uṭhāiluṅ yatane
mṛtaka dekhite mora bhaya haila mane

SYNONYMS

baḍa—great; matsya—fish; bali’—thinking to be; āmi—I; uṭhāiluṅ—lifted; yatane—with care; mṛtaka—the dead body; dekhite—seeing; mora—my; bhaya—fear; haila—there was; mane—in the mind.

TRANSLATION

“I lifted it with great care, thinking it a big fish, but as soon as I saw that it was a corpse, great fear arose in my mind.