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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.63
রাজা আসি’ দূরে দেখে নিজগণ লঞা ।
রাজপত্নী সব দেখে অট্টালী চড়িয়া ॥ ৬৩ ॥
rājā āsi’ dūre dekhe nija-gaṇa lañā
rāja-patnī saba dekhe aṭṭālī caḍiyā
Accompanied by his personal staff, the King also came there and watched from a distance, and all the queens watched from the elevated parts of the palace.
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The King came to see the kīrtana, accompanied by his personal staff.
He watched the gathering from a distance.
All the queens watched from the elevated parts of the palace.
Tender service. Food prepared and carried with love becomes a medium of intimate exchange.
The mood of Antya 10 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:
Thus the stock of food was generally known as rāghavera jhāli, “the bags of Rāghava . ” Makaradhvaja Kara, an inhabitant of Pānihāṭi who accompanied Rāghava Paṇḍita, was the secretary in charge of accounting for the rāghavera jhāli . The day when all the devotees arrived at Jagannātha Purī, Lord Govinda was enjoying sporting pastimes in the waters of the lake known as Narendra-sarovara.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
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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: “kīrtana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the different places from which people watched the kīrtana?
Spend a few minutes attentively watching a kīrtana today, in person or in a recording.
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