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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.76
সব বৈষ্ণবগণ হরিধ্বনি দিল ।
গোসাঞিদাস আনি’ মালা মোর গলে দিল ॥ ৭৬ ॥
saba vaiṣṇava-gaṇa hari-dhvani dila
gosāñi-dāsa āni’ mālā mora gale dila
As soon as this happened, the Vaiṣṇavas standing there all loudly chanted, “Haribol!” and the priest, Gosāñi dāsa, brought me the garland and put it around my neck.
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The Vaiṣṇavas standing there all loudly chanted, “Haribol!”
Their chanting began as soon as this happened.
The priest, Gosāñi dāsa, brought the garland and placed it around the author’s neck.
Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.
The mood of Ādi 8 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:
Only those subjects which were not discussed by Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura in his Caitanya-bhāgavata have been taken up by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī to be depicted in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta. In his very old age, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana, and by the order of Śrī Madana-mohanajī he wrote Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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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: “chanted”, “haribol”
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Chant “Haribol!” today with joyful attention.
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