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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.88
এই মত বারমাস কীর্তন–অবসানে ।
আম্রমহোৎসব প্রভু করে দিনে দিনে ॥ ৮৮ ॥
ei mata bāra-māsa kīrtana-avasāne
āmra-mahotsava prabhu kare dine dine
In this way the Lord performed saṅkīrtana every day, and at the end of saṅkīrtana there was a mango-eating festival every day for twelve months.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord performed saṅkīrtana every day, followed by a mango-eating festival for twelve months.
On principle, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu would distribute prasādam at the end of kīrtana performances.
Similarly, members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement must distribute some prasādam to the audience after kīrtana.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
In this chapter we shall find descriptions of the mango distribution festival and Lord Caitanya’s discourses with Chand Kazi. Finally, the chapter shows that the same son of mother Yaśodā, Lord Kṛṣṇa, tasted four transcendental mellows of devotional service in His form of Śacīnandana, the son of mother Śacī.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: “saṅkīrtana”, “kīrtana”
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: “festival”
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: “distribute”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you help others receive prasādam after kīrtana?
After kīrtana today, share some prasādam with someone.
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