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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 17.136
আগে সম্প্রদায়ে নৃত্য করে হরিদাস ।
মধ্যে নাচে আচার্য–গোসাঞি পরম উল্লাস ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
āge sampradāye nṛtya kare haridāsa
madhye nāce ācārya-gosāñi parama ullāsa
In the front party danced Ṭhākura Haridāsa, and in the middle party danced Advaita Ācārya with great jubilation.
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Ṭhākura Haridāsa danced in the front party.
Advaita Ācārya danced in the middle party.
Advaita Ācārya’s dancing was filled with great jubilation.
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:
Śrī Advaita Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and servitude. All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “party”
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: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the jubilation described here?
Read the verse once, then spend a moment picturing the joyful dancing it describes.
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