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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.31
কিশোর বয়সে আরম্ভিলা সংকীর্তন ।
রাত্র–দিনে প্রেমে নৃত্য, সঙ্গে ভক্তগণ ॥ ৩১ ॥
kiśora vayase ārambhilā saṅkīrtana
rātra-dine preme nṛtya, saṅge bhakta-gaṇa
Just prior to His youthful life, He began the saṅkīrtana movement. Day and night He used to dance in ecstasy with His devotees.
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Just before His youthful life, He began the saṅkīrtana movement.
He used to dance in ecstasy with His devotees.
This dancing with His devotees took place day and night.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
During this time, Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured southern India, went to Vṛndāvana, returned from Vṛndāvana and preached the saṅkīrtana movement. A learned brāhmaṇa named Upendra Miśra, who resided in the district of Śrīhaṭṭa, was the father of Jagannātha Miśra, who came to Navadvīpa to study under the direction of Nīlāmbara Cakravartī and then settled there after marrying Nīlāmbara Cakravartī’s daughter, Śacīdevī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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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: “saṅkīrtana”
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What moves you about the Lord sharing this joy with His devotees?
Read the verse slowly today, pausing to remember the Lord dancing with His devotees.
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