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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.66
সাত-দিকে সাত-সম্প্রদায় গায়, বাজায় ।
মধ্যে মহাপ্রেমাবেশে নাচে গৌর-রায় ॥ ৬৬ ॥
sāta-dike sāta-sampradāya gāya, bājāya
madhye mahā-premāveśe nāce gaura-rāya
The seven groups began chanting and beating their drums in seven directions, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began dancing in the center in great ecstatic love.
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Seven groups began chanting in seven directions.
The groups beat their drums as they chanted.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced in the center in great ecstatic love.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also enjoyed the ceremony in the water with His devotees. As previously, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed the cleansing ceremony at Guṇḍicā and chanted the famous verse jagamohana-pari-muṇḍā yāu.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.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does picturing the Lord in the center shape your understanding of this kīrtana?
Before chanting today, take a moment to picture the seven groups and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing in their center.
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