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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.65
এইমত কতক্ষণ করাইলা কীর্তন ।
আপনে নাচিতে তবে প্রভুর হৈল মন ॥ ৬৫ ॥
ei-mata kata-kṣaṇa karāilā kīrtana
āpane nācite tabe prabhura haila mana
In this way the Lord had congregational chanting performed for some time, and then He Himself desired to dance.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had congregational chanting performed for some time.
Then He Himself desired to dance.
His desire to dance arose while the congregational chanting was taking place.
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:
As previously, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed the cleansing ceremony at Guṇḍicā and chanted the famous verse jagamohana-pari-muṇḍā yāu. After kīrtana ended, He distributed prasādam to all the devotees and also took some Himself.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What draws your attention to the Lord’s desire to dance during the chanting?
Read this verse slowly before chanting today, remembering the Lord’s desire to dance.
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