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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 17.209
নগরিয়াকে পাগল কৈল সদা সংকীর্তন ।
রাত্রে নিদ্রা নাহি যাই, করি জাগরণ ॥ ২০৯ ॥
nagariyāke pāgala kaila sadā saṅkīrtana
rātre nidrā nāhi yāi, kari jāgaraṇa
“ ‘He has made all the people practically mad by always performing congregational chanting. At night we cannot get any sleep; we are always kept awake.
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He is described as always performing congregational chanting.
The speakers claim that He has made all the people practically mad.
They complain that the nighttime chanting keeps them awake.
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:
Similarly, mother Yaśodā is the Queen of Vrajabhūmi, and in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya she is Śacīmātā. Therefore the son of Śacī is the son of Yaśodā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”, “congregational”
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How do the speakers connect congregational chanting with their loss of sleep?
Read the verse once more and note separately the chanting and the complaints made about it.
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