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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.35
তার মধ্যে নীলাচলে ছয় বৎসর ।
নৃত্য, গীত, প্রেমভক্তি–দান নিরন্তর ॥ ৩৫ ॥
tāra madhye nīlācale chaya vatsara
nṛtya, gīta, premabhakti-dāna nirantara
For six of these twenty-four years in Nīlācala [Jagannātha Purī], He distributed love of Godhead by always chanting and dancing.
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The verse describes six of His twenty-four years in Nīlācala, or Jagannātha Purī.
During these years, He was always chanting and dancing.
Through chanting and dancing, He distributed love of Godhead.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
The mood of Ādi 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Within the Lord’s antya-līlā, the first six years of His sannyāsa life are called the madhya-līlā. During this time, Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured southern India, went to Vṛndāvana, returned from Vṛndāvana and preached the saṅkīrtana movement.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributed”
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: “chanting”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this verse help you see chanting and dancing as expressions of devotion?
Set aside a brief time today to chant and dance with love of Godhead as your focus.
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