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yamuna dekhiya preme pade jhanpa diya

aste-vyaste bhattacarya uthaya dhariya

SYNONYMS

yamuna—the River Yamuna; dekhiya—seeing; preme—in ecstatic love; pade—falls down; jhanpa diya—jumping; aste-vyaste—in great haste; bhattacarya—Balabhadra Bhattacarya; uthaya—raises; dhariya—catching.

As soon as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the River Yamuna, He threw Himself in it.

Balabhadra Bhattacarya hastily caught the Lord and very carefully raised Him up again.