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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.89
কীর্তন করিতে প্রভু আইল মেঘগণ ।
আপন–ইচ্ছায় কৈল মেঘ নিবারণ ॥ ৮৯ ॥
kīrtana karite prabhu āila megha-gaṇa
āpana-icchāya kaila megha nivāraṇa
Once while Caitanya Mahāprabhu was performing kīrtana, clouds assembled in the sky, and the Lord, by His own will, immediately stopped them from pouring rain.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
While Caitanya Mahāprabhu was performing kīrtana, clouds assembled overhead. By His supreme will, they dispersed without pouring rain.
The purport also describes the Vaiṣṇavas becoming afraid of threatening evening clouds. The Lord took His karatālas and chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra while looking toward the sky.
The clouds dispersed, the sky became clear, and the moon rose. The Lord danced happily with His jubilant and satisfied devotees.
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:
To understand Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love for Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The attitude of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is considered the superexcellent devotional mentality.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: “kīrtana”, “chanted”
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: “assembled”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the Lord’s chanting amid the devotees’ fear?
Take a quiet moment today to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.
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