CC Antya 18.43

Antya-līlā, Chapter 18, Text 43

বিষাদে বিহ্বল সবে, নাহিক ‘চেতন’ ।
তবু প্রেমে বুলে করি’ প্রভুর অন্বেষণ ॥ ৪৩ ॥

viṣāde vihvala sabe, nāhika ‘cetana’
tabu preme bule kari’ prabhura anveṣaṇa

Word by word

viṣāde — in great moroseness; vihvala — overwhelmed; sabe — in everyone; nāhika — there was not; cetana — consciousness; tabu — still; preme — in love; bule — wander; kari’ — doing; prabhura — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; anveṣaṇa — searching for.

Translation

Everyone was overwhelmed with moroseness and almost unconscious, but out of ecstatic love they continued to wander here and there, searching for the Lord.