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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.120
এইমত নৃত্য হইল চারি প্রহর ।
সন্ধ্যায় গঙ্গাস্নান করি’ সবে গেলা ঘর ॥ ১২০ ॥
ei-mata nṛtya ha-ila cāri prahara
sandhyāya gaṅgā-snāna kari’ sabe gelā ghara
In this way they danced continuously for twelve hours, and in the evening they all took a bath in the Ganges and then returned to their homes.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotees danced continuously for twelve hours.
In the evening, they all bathed in the Ganges.
After bathing, they returned to their homes.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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:
No one else could do this. When Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of the four-armed Nārāyaṇa, the gopīs showed their respect, but they were not very interested in Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes you about the devotees’ continuing to dance for twelve hours?
Read the verse once and reflect for a minute on the devotees’ sustained participation.
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