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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.173
তোমার নগরে হয় সদা সংকীর্তন ।
বাদ্যগীত–কোলাহল, সঙ্গীত, নর্তন ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
tomāra nagare haya sadā saṅkīrtana
vādya-gīta-kolāhala, saṅgīta, nartana
“In your city there is always congregational chanting of the holy name. A tumultuous uproar of music, singing and dancing is always going on.
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Congregational chanting of the holy name is always taking place in the city.
The chanting is accompanied by music, singing and dancing.
The sound is described as a tumultuous uproar.
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:
When Kṛṣṇa in His form of Nārāyaṇa saw Rādhārāṇī, He could not keep His position as Nārāyaṇa and again assumed the form of Kṛṣṇa. The King of Vrajabhūmi is Nanda Mahārāja, and the same person in Navadvīpa is Jagannātha Miśra, the father of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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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: “chanting”, “holy name”, “congregational”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What draws me toward joining others in chanting the holy name?
Spend a few minutes chanting the holy name with someone today.
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