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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 11.18
শ্ৰীমাধব ঘোষ—মুখ্য কীর্তনীয়াগণে ।
নিত্যানন্দপ্রভু নৃত্য করে যাঁর গানে ॥ ১৮ ॥
śrī-mādhava ghoṣa — mukhya kīrtanīyā-gaṇe
nityānanda-prabhu nṛtya kare yāṅra gāne
Śrī Mādhava Ghoṣa was a principal performer of kīrtana. While he sang, Nityānanda Prabhu danced.
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Śrī Mādhava Ghoṣa was a principal performer of kīrtana.
Nityānanda Prabhu danced while Mādhava Ghoṣa sang.
The verse presents Mādhava Ghoṣa’s singing together with Nityānanda Prabhu’s dancing.
Affectionate inclusiveness. Nityānanda’s branches show devotion multiplying through relationships.
The mood of Ādi 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
As the branches and subbranches of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu were described in the tenth chapter, in this eleventh chapter the branches and subbranches of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu are similarly listed.Back to this verse in Ādi 11
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “kīrtana”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What draws your attention to this scene of singing and dancing?
Spend a moment remembering Mādhava Ghoṣa singing while Nityānanda Prabhu dances.
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